The state could take longer to legalize weed — as Gov. Andrew Cuomo tries to coordinate New York’s policy with surrounding states.

Cuomo said in a radio interview Tuesday that he wants to create a “regional symmetry” with Connecticut and New Jersey on pot legalization and regulations on vaping. He said he would get the ball rolling on his plan with Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday.

“I want to talk to Connecticut, and then I want to talk to Jersey, about having a regional symmetry on vaping products and marijuana,” Cuomo told Long Island News Radio’s Jay Oliver.

“You know everyone’s talking about legalizing marijuana. … For one state to do it, it makes no sense if the neighboring state has a totally different policy because then you just incentive people to drive over the border and buy it there. … You just drive to New Jersey to buy it and smoke it on the way home,” Cuomo said.

“When you start to discuss how to legalize marijuana, it moves into the vaping space, because a lot of the marijuana products can be vaped.”

Last week, the state Department of Health banned most flavored e-cigarettes and other vaping products — excluding menthol and tobacco flavors — citing a spike in younger users and a rash of lung illnesses.

The DOH’s updated statistics show 88 patients statewide with pulmonary illnesses directly related to smoking nicotine or cannabis products.

The number of such cases spanning 38 states and one US territory has exceeded 500, and the federal Food and Drug Administration has started a criminal investigation into the epidemic.

At least nine suspected related deaths have been reported thus far.

Cuomo has said he hopes to legalize pot in the state sometime next year.

He added Tuesday that he wants to pass a law in January in the state budget that bans all company advertising targeting youth smokers.

“If we don’t do it … no one else is going to help us. … We’re on our own,” Cuomo said. “We’re on a boat in the middle of the ocean, the engine doesn’t work, and we’re on our own.”