By Jon Campbell, Gannett Albany Bureau

ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo will help out with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign next week — and he won’t even have to leave his home state.

Cuomo, who was housing secretary under President Bill Clinton, will raise money for Clinton’s campaign on Feb. 16, when he will appear with the former secretary of state at a $2,700-a-head fundraiser.

The Democratic governor is a Clinton supporter, but has long shown a resistance to leaving the state. For the fundraiser, he won’t have to: It’s slated for New York City, though the exact location hasn’t been disclosed.
“I’m doing a fundraising event for her coming up,” Cuomo told reporters Monday. “I’ll do whatever I can to help her.”

A recent poll shows Clinton with a big lead in New York, the state she represented in the Senate from 2001 through 2008.

Clinton had support from 55 percent of Democrats polled, according to the Siena College poll released Monday. Her opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, picked up support from 34 percent.

Cuomo on Monday dismissed the idea that Clinton’s campaign is having problems shaking off Sanders campaign. Clinton and Sanders split the delegates in the Iowa caucuses, and Sanders has a large lead in the polls heading into today’s New Hampshire primary.

The governor, who has been critical of Sanders’ record on gun control, said both the right and left sides of the political spectrum are making their voices heard.

“I think there’s an economic anxiety,” Cuomo said. “The quote-unquote angry electorate is demanding change on both the right and the left.”