New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Andrew CuomoNew York reports 1,000 daily new COVID-19 cases for first time since June Overnight Health Care: Trump signs largely symbolic pre-existing conditions order amid lawsuit | White House puts off action on surprise medical bills | Rising coronavirus cases spark fears of harsh winter NY health officials to review any vaccine approved by Trump MORE (D) has vetoed a bipartisan push by state lawmakers to allow federal judges in the state to grant marriage licenses, citing controversy surrounding President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden says voters should choose who nominates Supreme Court justice Trump, Biden will not shake hands at first debate due to COVID-19 Pelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act MORE and his judicial nominations.

Cuomo on Friday moved to veto the bill, which would have allowed district court judges and federal appeals court judges to perform marriage services, while explaining that he could not give more power to judges appointed under the Trump administration.

"I cannot in good conscience support legislation that would authorize such actions by federal judges who are appointed by this federal administration," he wrote in a memo obtained by The New York Times, adding, "President Trump does not embody who we are as New Yorkers."

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State Sen. Liz Krueger (D), the bill's sponsor, said the governor's logic, even if well meaning, did not make sense.

"This is the least substantive or controversial bill I have ever introduced," she told the Times. "I did not think the reasoning made sense."

State Republicans blasted Cuomo's decision, deriding him as a monarch attempting to rebuke his political enemies with petty acts.

“It’s hard to imagine a more petty, small action from a sitting governor, but that’s Prince Andrew in a nutshell,” Nick Langworthy, the state GOP chairman, told the Times.