"People are galvanizing around Tish. There are a lot of people interested in Tish running for mayor," state Democratic Party Leader Jay Jacobs told The Post Monday about a 'what if' scenario.
"You open a whole can of worms with Cuomo," he said. "I don't know if we would want to revisit that."
Some sources said Gov. Kathy Hochul's camp reached out to James recently to see if she'd be interested in jumping into a special election if Cuomo were to step in - but James denied she had spoken to directly to the governor on the topic.
"I don't believe in speculation. Right now, I'm focused on the office of the Attorney General,' she added, though she didn't close the door on a potential mayoral run.
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