Word on the street is Cuomo and Bloomberg were playing politics and said no to Obama, seems Andrew is ticked that Clinton refused to let him speak at the DNC Convention.
Honestly if I was a governor or a mayor, the last thing I would want is the President, no matter who he is, coming in and making things worse by having to provide security and all the crap that happens when they come to town.
The DUmp bashed Bush for flying over the damage of Katrina, yet he did what was right, he stayed out allowing the folks there to do what they had to do, he knew they didn't have time for all the nonsense associated with a presidential visit.