New York – Gov. Cuomo is so angry about his dad being dissed by Mayor Bloomberg, he’s holding funding for the 9/11 Museum hostage until a new mayor is elected, sources told The Post.
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Officials close to Cuomo said it all became personal because of how his father — former Gov. Mario Cuomo — was treated by the mayor’s people at Ground Zero ceremonies last Sept. 11
The elder Cuomo was first hassled about 6:45 a.m. that Sunday as he tried to clear security and get into the perimeter of the World Trade Center site.
A short time later, he was again blocked — that time as he tried to access the 9/11 memorial. That confrontation was defused only when a PA official intervened.
One of the governor’s top aides, Joe Percoco, was also hassled by city staffers at the event, even though he was in the governor’s entourage.
Events that day only added insult to injury for the governor.
He was already enraged over the way he felt City Hall tried to minimize his role in planning the ceremonies. He was also angry at being assigned a reading from Franklin Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech, because it had been read at a previous 9/11 event by former Gov. George Pataki.
“Mario didn’t want to cause a scene [on 9/11] so he was quiet about it, but it was certainly raised internally. Everybody has heard about it,” a source involved in the city-state museum talks told The Post.
A source close to the mayor said Bloomberg’s feeling about the governor’s reaction is that “on the chart of crazy, it’s off the charts.”
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Mario Cuomo was not Governor of New York State, at the time of 9/11/01. Therefore, what is he making such a big tsimmis about?
well it looks like the son has temper like his father.
Once again the egos of politicians comes before anything else. Sad to say but this is not at all surprising. I don’t think we currently have even one person who would qualify for the title “public servant” in the political arena. Self servant primarily. Public only happens if it’ll make them more popular.
Sounds like the Satmars.
Regarding Mario Cuomo, one reason that he failed to get reelected in 1992, was because he was heavily criticized by a commission, which investigated the 1991 Crown Heights riots and pogrom. Cuomo had it within his power to send in the New York Army National Guard to Crown Heights to protect lives and property (since the NYCPD refused to do anything for three days). However, for whatever reason, Cuomo refused to do so. Therefore, he paid for it!
its always all about me, me, me for some politicians….how about more importantly helping those in need rather than being a meme person
bloomberg thinks he owns the city get out already