Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top lawyer, Mylan Denerstein, put the word out to executive staffers to avoid answering lobbyists’ questions about the casino siting process.

In a missive she sent out March 31 to all executive chamber staff, she says that potential casino license bidders are in a “restrictive period” until licenses are awarded, presumably in the fall.

“You should assume that everyone contacting you about any of these issues is representing an interested party and decline to discuss the matter,” she wrote.

Here is the memo, which suggests this administration doesn’t want a repeat of the loosey-goosey procurement process of past administrations that resulted in having to redo the pursuit of an operator for the Aqueduct racino:

Memo Re Communications on Casino License RFA -3!31!14