NY1′s Bobby Cuza is on Andrew Cuomo duty today and said the Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner hedged during a post-GOTV rally Q&A with reporters on the subject of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who, according to this morning’s Siena poll, is in a dead heat with his GOP opponent, Harry Wilson.

Asked if he thinks it’s important that DiNapoli wins tomorrow, Cuomo replied:

“I’m officially neutral in that race. But, uh…well, let me leave it at that.”

Cuza said the AG did give DiNapoli a shout-out from the stage during the rally, saying something along the lines of: “Are we gonna make Tom DiNapoli the next comptroller?”

Cuomo declined to endorse DiNapoli after clearing him in the ongoing pension fund pay-to-play scandal, reasoning, according to sources familiar with his thinking, that to follow that decision with a political statement would be “inappropriate.”

The GOTV rally, one of several taking place today, was on the Upper West Side and also featured Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Eric Schneiderman (also locked in a tie race with his GOP opponent, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, according to Siena), Rep. Jerry Nadler, NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan BP Scott Stringer, NYC Comptroller John Liu, Manhattan Dem Chairman/Assemblyman Keith Wright and Assemblyman/Senate nominee Adriano Espaillat.

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