Gov. Cuomo blasts Rabbi for blaming Hurricane Sandy on gay marriage
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo Monday blasted an upstate rabbi for claiming Hurricane Sandy was “divine” payback for New York having legalized gay marriage. Cuomo, who pushed aggressively for the Legislature to approve gay marriage last year, said Rabbi Noson Leiter’s statements were “as offensive as they are ignorant.” Leiter’s comments — made last week and detailed in Monday’s editions of the Daily News — were delivered in support of Hudson Valley state Senate candidate Neil DiCarlo, a gay marriage opponent who is running on the Conservative...