Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been putting the pedal to the metal since moving back to the Big Apple to run for mayor.
Cuomo’s Dodge Charger muscle car was caught on camera speeding in school zones in Brooklyn on April 27 and May 2 — after being socked with two speeding tickets a mere minute apart March 28 while flying northbound on a seven-block stretch of the West Side Highway in Lower Manhattan, a Post analysis of city records shows.
The ex-governor paid $365 in fines from March 6 through May 2, including the four speed-camera tickets, a ticket for parking in a bus lane and another for failing to feed a meter, according to the latest available data.
And that’s not counting the times Cuomo wasn’t caught.
The lead-foot ex-lawmaker was filmed May 28 apparently blowing a red light on Seventh Avenue in Midtown after speeding away from reporters trying to ask him questions following a news conference he hosted with labor leaders, according to video posted on social media.
On Monday, Cuomo’s car was filmed blocking a left-turn lane on Eighth Avenue in Times Square while he attended a campaign event.
Cuomo’s rogue riding is the latest example of his “do as I say, not as I do”-style of governing, said Republican mayoral rival Curtis Sliwa, who added Cuomo is the one who signed a 2013 bill into law creating NYC speed-camera program.
“Andrew Cuomo racked up school zone and bus lane violations within weeks of moving to the city to run for mayor,” the Guardian Angels founder said. “These are the very enforcement programs he helped create, and if he had actually lived here longer, there’s no doubt the list would be a lot longer. Once again, it’s rules for everyone else and a free pass for Andrew.”
Cuomo didn’t have to worry about getting caught by speed and red-light cameras while serving his 10-year stint as governor, since he was chauffeured by state troopers in vehicles with license plates that can’t be flagged by traffic cameras.
The frontrunner heading into the Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary won’t have that luxury if elected to City Hall, because official city vehicles aren’t shielded from speed cameras.
Cuomo is “committed to public safety” and wasn’t driving “reckless” when filmed running the red light, spokeswoman Esther Jensen insisted.
The governor was “guided through a green light” and then “paused mid-turn” to let a pedestrian cross safely before proceeding once the “path was clear,” Jensen said.
She added that NYPD cops were aware Cuomo parked in the left-turn lane to attend Monday’s event, and a campaign staffer was available “at all times” to move it, “if asked.”
The Dodge Charger is driven by multiple people, said Jensen, who would not clarify if the governor was behind the wheel when the car was fined.
Despite Cuomo’s dismal driving record, he’s got nothing on far-left mayoral candidate and Comptroller Brad Lander.
The Democratic socialist racked up a jaw-dropping 136 traffic summonses since 2013 on his Totoya Prius, records show.
Ten of the tickets were issued to lead-footed Lander for being caught on camera speeding in school zones, but a vast majority were for being a parking scofflaw.
Lander has long pushed a green agenda aimed at getting New Yorkers to give up driving and take mass transit, but he’s been chauffeured daily around the Big Apple by his NYPD security detail since 2022 when he was sworn in as comptroller.
