Gov. Andrew Cuomo was fairly terse in his response just now when asked for a reaction to the Senate GOP’s move to strip LG Bob Duffy of his right to break a tie in the event of a deadlocked leadership vote in the chamber.

“I think they are incorrect in their reading of the law,” Cuomo said. (It was the last question he took at a Red Room press conference where he swore in newly-confirmed State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico).

The Senate Democrats have argued the Republicans are not only disenfranchising upstaters with this rules change, noting Duffy is the only statewide leader (aside from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand) who lives north of Westchester), but also violating the state Constitution.

Apparently, Cuomo agrees with this assessment.

The Democrats are seeking a legal opinion from their former colleague, AG Eric Schneiderman.

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