Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed the Tuesday morning crackdown at Zuccotti Park by the Bloomberg administration this afternoon, saying he offered his support to the mayor in order to clear the park of Occupy Wall Street protesters. But he would not be pinned down on whether he would appoint a special prosecutor to handle cases of trespassing and disorderly conduct on state-owned land.

“I support Mayor Bloomberg’s actions,” Cuomo said at a Red Room cabinet meeting on storm damage and the I-287 project in Westchester County. “He called me that evening, that night I guess maybe even early that morning and told me about the actions he was taking on occupy wall street. I told him at that time I supported his actions. I said anyway the state could be of any assistance we would be. He hasn’t requested any assistance. I support, Ken, the actions of all of our mayors.”

Cuomo added that he supports the varying responses by mayors across New York when handling the localized versions of the Occupy Wall Street protests.

“These are local decisions and I respect the localities right to make a decision what they think is most appropriate in their case,” Cuomo said.

Indeed, as Joe Spector points out, local mayors have taken different tracks in dealing with their own localized version of the movement.

“I understand the state’s role and where the state knows best and I also respect local governments,” he added.

The governor was less sanguine about Albany County District Attorney David Soares, calling the refusal to prosecute cases of trespassing on state property “less than ideal.”

“The city administration, the mayor, chose a different situation than was initially discussed,” he said. “That’s OK, too.”

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