Gov. Andrew Cuomo doled out at least $225,000 worth of bonuses to top staffers on his campaign team after he won the 2010 governor’s race, his most recent financial report shows.

The biggest windfall went to Cuomo’s right-hand and, Joe Percoco, who started as an advance man with former Gov. Mario Cuomo and has been with the current governor’s side through every step of his political career – from HUD to the failed 2002 campaign to the AG’s office.

Cuomo paid Percoco a whopping $90,000 at the beginning of December. That goes a long way toward making up for that 5 percent pay cut all top staffers took at the start of this year, following the lead of their boss, who said he wanted to set an example as he prepares to call for massive spending cuts.

Percoco’s title is executive deputy secretary to the governor. In that job, he’s earning $159,000. He got $154,679 for similar work in the AG’s office.

The next largest bonus of $80,000 went to another Mario Cuomo administration, Drew Zambelli, who is the current governor’s uber-message man. Technically speaking, his title is “counselor to the governor” – a position created during Cuomo I, but not held by anyone in recent years. He’s earning $169,100.

Other bonuses went to Ben Lawsky ($50,000), who is now pulling down $169,100 as Cuomo’s chief of staff; Josh Vlasto ($10,000) who’s making $120,000 as deputy communications director.

There are a number of other payments to campaign aides in Cuomo’s Jan. 15 expenditure report, but an administration source informs me these are not bonuses. I’ve been told Cuomo’s finance director, Jennifer Bayer Michaels, also got a bonus, but have been unable to locate that in the filing.

UPDATED: The payment of $65,000 went to Michaels’ firm, JB Consulting Services.

Two former spokespeople who left ex-Gov. David Paterson’s team in the wake of the twin David Johnson/domestic violence and Yankees tickets scandals and then later showed up on Cuomo’s campaign – Peter Kauffmann and Marissa Shorenstein – got payments of $5,000 and $6,666.50, respectively, from the governor’s political committee in December.

Former Hillary Clinton spokesman Phil Singer’s firm, Marathon Strategies, received $10,000.

Howard Glaser’s Washington, D.C.-based firm, Capitol Hill Associates, got a $50,000 windfall. Glaser, who worked with Cuomo at HUD, is now a member of the administration with twin titles: Director of state operations and senior policy adviser. He’s also earning $169,100.

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