Andrew Cuomo

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Supporters participate in a rally in support of universal pre-kindergarten at the Washington Avenue Armory on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is rallying support in Albany for his signature pre-kindergarten plan even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo is attending a separate pro-charter school rally just blocks away — underscoring the political differences between the two powerful Democrats. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Charter school supporters attend a rally outside the state Capitol on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo told supporters that he's committed to making sure charter schools have money and physical space to thrive. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio leaves a rally in support of universal pre-kindergarten at the Washington Avenue Armory on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. De Blasio is rallying support in Albany for his signature pre-kindergarten plan even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo is attending a separate pro-charter school rally just blocks away — underscoring the political differences between the two powerful Democrats. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Many upstaters are still fuming over Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent refusal to lift a 6-year-old de facto moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas, which is booming in neighboring Pennsylvania but been stunted in an upstate region still struggling from the loss of manufacturing jobs. (Associated Press)