The primary for lieutenant governor is more uncertain, because neither Ms. Hochul nor Mr. Wu is well known across the state. Mr. Wu has criticized Ms. Hochul for taking conservative stances in Congress; Mr. Cuomo has called Mr. Wu inexperienced and unfamiliar with government. For his part, the governor held only a few campaign events in advance of the primary, and he refused to debate Ms. Teachout, a professor at Fordham Law School.... Ms. Teachout... also continued to benefit from an unusual episode at the Labor Day Parade on Saturday, when Mr. Cuomo’s campaign aides physically blocked her from approaching the governor. By Monday night, a video of the episode had been viewed online 68,000 times. Asked about the incident, Mr. Cuomo called it silliness, and disagreed with a comment by Mr. Wu that Mr. Cuomo had failed a test of civility. I never saw her, the governor said. If anything, I failed an eyesight test.... Mr. de Blasio, whose agenda has been thwarted by Mr. Cuomo at several turns this year, is also aiding the governor; in a robocall, he praised Mr. Cuomo for taking New York from a national disgrace to a progressive leader, and he also recorded a radio ad on behalf of Ms. Hochul. Did you know there’s a Democratic primary on Tuesday? the mayor asked in the ad. Well, let me tell you: You can’t afford to sit it out.”
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