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Two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s former secretaries and even one of his late father’s aides have submitted letters asking for leniency for corrupt former associate Joseph Percoco at his sentencing — but not the governor himself, who once likened the crook to a brother.

Letters of support have been filed in Manhattan federal court by former Cuomo secretaries Larry Schwartz and Steven Cohen, as well as Christopher Bryant, who worked with Percoco during the administration of Mario Cuomo.

But notably absent from the dozens of letters of support were any from Andrew — despite the governor having once called Percoco “my father’s third son, who sometimes I think he loved the most.”

Percoco was convicted of taking bribes earlier this year and is set to be sentenced Aug. 10.

Cuomo has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

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