By Thomas Kaplan

John A. Catsimatidis let Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo borrow a Gulfstream IV jet this spring so he could fly to Binghamton, N.Y., for a wedding. Bill de Blasio was a deputy to Mr. Cuomo during the Clinton administration; William C. Thompson Jr. was a chairman of Mr. Cuomo's gubernatorial campaign; and Joseph J. Lhota served in his administration.

For the last several years, Mr. Cuomo has not had much of a friendship with City Hall in New York — he and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg have been, at best, civil partners during civic emergencies, and, notwithstanding a friendly white-water rafting race last month in the Adirondacks, have rarely expressed much affection or respect for each other.

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