Queens boy Cuomo rips boro’s boor

RETURNING TO his native Queens on Thursday for a county Democratic dinner, Gov. Cuomo ripped into another politician born in the borough — GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Citing late Queens notables like his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, former Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman vice presidential candidate, and former Rep. Thomas Manton, Cuomo said 2016 would be the first time “they would probably come to this microphone and tell you, ‘Don’t vote for the candidate from Queens.’ ”

Cuomo, who grew up in the borough but now lives in Westchester County, said he didn’t even feel Trump truly came from Queens.

“You can’t be from Queens and spew the venom that the man spews. You can’t be from Queens and talk about building walls when you know the mission of Queens is building bridges ,” he said.

Cuomo said Ferraro would be particularly proud to see Democrat Hillary Clinton complete the “women’s empowerment movement” Ferraro trail-blazed when she was Walter Mondale’s vice presidential candidate in 1984.

The governor also spoke of the importance of electing a Democratic Congress. The Republican playbook, he said, is more gridlock in hopes of stopping the government from functioning.

“They will frustrate Hillary Clinton the same way they frustrated Barack Obama, and we can’t give them that opportunity,” he said. NINETY-EIGHT federal inmates will return home sooner than expected after President Obama commuted their sentences on Thursday, part of a clemency push that has sped up dramatically in Obama’s final months.

All told, Obama has cut short sentences for 872 inmates, including 688 this year.

The figure is higher than the number commuted by the previous 11 presidents combined, and the White House said more were coming before Obama leaves office in January.

Of the latest batch, 42 had been serving life sentences, the White House said.

The Obama administration has also expanded criteria for inmates applying for clemency, prioritizing nonviolent offenders.