SCOTT STRINGER
Rival for city comptroller.

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New York’s top female politician stuck it to Eliot Spitzer yesterday.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand endorsed rival Scott Stringer over Spitzer in the heated contest for comptroller — settling an old score with Spitzer after he insulted her as “too malleable” when she was appointed to the Senate.

“Scott has been a tireless and dedicated public servant, and he has the temperament and judgment to be a first-rate fiscal watchdog for the taxpayers of New York City,” Gillibrand said in a press release, hours before the NYC branch of National Organization of Women, NARAL New York and Planned Parenthood endorsed him as well.

Spitzer’s campaign dismissed the moves.

“While we have a deep respect for the organizations and individuals involved, we know that endorsements don’t vote; voters do,” said Miram Hess, a Spitzer campaign strategist who worked for NARAL/NY. “No one has better record on reproductive and women’s rights than Eliot Spitzer.”