when de blasio rocketed to stardom, uses the unapologetically rhetoric that andrew cuomo made his career avoiding, how is this going to work out? in the beginning there were smiles, pronouncements of friendship. they were going to try to make it work. >> we use the word, friend, in politics often, and sometimes casually, but the new mayor of new york truly is a friend. in the deepest sense of the word. we go way back. we work together on a professional level. personally, we're friends. >> they may be friends in the deepest sense of the word, but it's increasingly clear they are not allies. bill deblasio signature pledge was on universal pre-k. in ordered to raise taxes, he needs approval from albany. cuomo has made is clear that is not going to happen.