Gov. Andrew Cuomo tossed a few zingers Mayor Bill de Blasio’s way Monday but wouldn’t say more than that he “understands” our call for a firing. We certainly realize that it would be a bold step — but we can’t help but notice that having such a weak mayor serves the gov pretty nicely.

Historically, New York’s mayor and governor usually have a sticky relationship, especially when they’re from the same party. Rudy Giuliani fought with George Pataki; Ed Koch, with Mario Cuomo. A gov always has the upper hand institutionally, but strong mayors find ways to fight back.

Not so, Bill de Blasio — who doesn’t seem to care about preserving the city’s rights to govern itself. Notably, he has stood by, silent, while Cuomo increases his own power over the MTA, for example via the “transformation czar” who’s to remake the agency.

More, he’s allowed the gov to seize power over the city’s streets: The congestion-pricing law gives the mayor no real voice in setting the tolls to drive into most of Manhattan, nor the exemptions. More, as Nicole Gelinas has noted, it gives the Cuomo-dominated MTA potential power over roads across the city in the name of reducing traffic.

Of course, Cuomo’s not the only one de Blasio has ceded turf to: By agreeing to the NYCHA consent decree — even as the judge in the case was questioning the wisdom of that — he handed key control over public housing to a federal monitor.

Heck, on taking office he signed away some power over the NYPD to a different monitor, even though as mayor he had complete freedom to end what he saw as stop-and-frisk abuses.

Running this town is a tough job, but this mayor has made it even tougher for his successors. All the more reason why the people of New York City would be far better off with de Blasio removed from office.