ALBANY — Mayor de Blasio has finally beaten Gov. Cuomo in a poll.
New York City voters said the mayor is doing a better job than the governor in handling the homeless crisis, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday.
Thirty-three percent sided with de Blasio on the issue, while 28 percent favored Cuomo.
When the voters were asked whose views were closer to their own, 30 percent picked de Blasio and 25 percent selected Cuomo.
That was a turnaround from the last time Quinnipiac asked the question in September, when Cuomo got 28 percent and de Blasio 15.
But Cuomo continues to outpace the mayor when it comes to job approval. The governor scored a 65 percent approval rating and a 29 percent disapproval.
The mayor’s approval rating was 50 percent positive and 42 negative, an improvement from the 45 to-46 percent split in October.
Unexpectedly, both Cuomo and de Blasio received their highest favorability grades from black voters — 77 percent in the mayor’s case and 74 percent for the governor.