Video shows mask-less Gov. Cuomo hugging mayor of Savannah, Ga.

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Cuomo visit to Georgia blasted as 'absurd'

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is apparently above following his own orders.

Now-viral video and images show the Democratic New York governor hugging the Savannah, Ga. mayor — without wearing a face mask — during his recent trip to the Peach State to help with the city’s coronavirus response.

A mask-less Cuomo — despite his own April mandate that New Yorkers wear masks or other face coverings in public when social distancing is not possible and regardless of his repeated urging for Empire State residents to wear masks — twice embraced a masked Savannah Mayor Van Johnson by the end of a press briefing in the city last Monday, the footage shows.

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At another point a mask-less Cuomo and a mask-less Johnson elbow-bumped each other during the briefing, prompting Johnson to respond to criticisms about the act.

“We messed up, I mean, yeah, we messed up,” Johnson, a Democrat and Brooklyn native, admitted to reporters last week, adding, “We’re human. We made a mistake.”

Johnson’s spokesman Nick Zoller told The Post Monday that the mayor “apologizes” for the lapse in social distancing “and promises to do better.”

Of the elbow-bumping, Zoller said that Johnson and Cuomo, “both realized they should’ve had their mask on at all times and it was a genuine moment of humanity.”

Zoller said the elbow-bumping occurred after Johnson presented Cuomo with a key to the city of Savannah.

“The governor was genuinely thankful so they just elbow-bumped — kind of like you would shake hands — and it wouldn’t have been a big deal, but they had just finished the press conference and their masks were on the table,” Zoller said.

“Throughout the rest of the meeting — other than that one photo, the mayor and the governor had their masks on,” said Zoller, adding, “The purpose of the meeting was to come together to fight against COVD-19. It’s unfortunate people are grasping at that one moment.”

Zoller insisted, “They had their masks on the entire time and maintained six feet of social distancing.”

When asked for comment on the matter, Cuomo senior adviser Rich Azzopardi told The Post Monday: “Everyone wore masks the entire time except when they spoke at the press conference and these photos were taken three seconds after it ended.”

“There is no bigger champion of wearing masks than this governor and it’s ironic that the right wing echo chamber that spent months trying to politicize mask wearing is now trying to seize of this cheap political attack,” Azzopardi said.

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At the time of Cuomo’s trip, Georgia was and remains among the states with rising COVID-19 infections on New York’s travel advisory list that requires visitors to quarantine for 14 days.

Cuomo, at the time, said that he would not quarantine upon return to New York because he considers himself an “essential” employee, but said he planned to get a coronavirus test.

Meanwhile, Cuomo, speaking to reporters on Monday via a conference call, touted New York for being the first state with a statewide mask order.