Update: As per our NY1 colleague Zack Fink, Cuomo is postponing both his campaign events for Obama this weekend and his planned Homeland Security conference that was scheduled to begin Monday in Albany.

The original post:

As Hurricane Sandy heads up the East Coast, Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have to postpone his trip to Florida on behalf of President Obama this weekend, he told reporters in a Q and A earlier this afternoon.

“It’s going to depend on the weather, literally,” Cuomo said. “I support the president, I’m going to campaign for the president. if the storm looks like it’s going to do damage in New York, then obviously my responsibility is to be here and then I’ll just campaign another day.”

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Cuomo is traveling around the state to campaign for and officially endorse four House Democratic candidates in western and central New York as well as Long Island.

Cuomo, who sounded hoarse following two campaign stops already today, is expected to go to Florida weater permitting to campaign for Obama and perhaps attend a LGBT rally.

The state’s homeland security and emergency reponse apparatus is getting in to gear as the storm approaches and it could hit parts of downstate as early as Monday.

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