Cuomo Weighs Taking Action to Undermine de Blasio’s Re-Election Bid

By Josh Dawsey and Mike Vilensky

As New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s 2017 re-election bid draws closer, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is strategizing whether and how to work against his fellow Democrat, a move that would pose a threat to the mayor’s campaign but carry its own political risks for the governor.

Mr. Cuomo has dissected Mr. de Blasio’s poll numbers with political allies, weighing whether the mayor can be defeated, according to people familiar with the matter.

The governor has attended fundraisers for potential challengers to Mr. de Blasio. And he has told Democratic officeholders that Mr. de Blasio is politically vulnerable, people familiar with the conversations said.

“The governor would be happy to see someone other than de Blasio running the city,” said Johnnie Green, a Harlem pastor and ally of Mr. Cuomo who is holding a forum next month with pastors to field an opponent to Mr. de Blasio. “Whether the governor will go as far as trying to identify a candidate who will run against de Blasio, I don’t know. A lot of people aren’t revealing their hands just yet.”

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Source: The Wall Street Journal and the Empire Report