Kiss the old Andy goodbye.

Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo said Monday he no longer kisses people on the cheek unless they “initiate” the smooch — as he’s grown more careful since his “painful” sexual harassment scandal.

“I learned a lesson, a painful lesson, which is to be much more cautious about everything you say, any joke, any comment,” Cuomo said during an appearance on ABC’s “The View.” 3

“I won’t kiss a person on the cheek unless they initiate a kiss,” said Cuomo, a former three-term governor who resigned in 2021 while facing the harassment claims and threats of impeachment. “There is a sensitivity that has evolved that is real. It has to be respected.”

A 2021 investigative report commissioned by state Attorney General Letitia James concluded that Cuomo “harassed current

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