In Andrew Cuomo's case, he knows Obama's position regarding the Muslims, and Cuomo has always taken the politically opportune position (as it appears to him) to ingratiate himself with the "in" crowd.
In Bloomberg's case, - he's just weird.
ANDY... THE BOY WHO WOULD BE KING, SON OF SFACHIM, HEAD OF HUD WITH BILLY BOY CLINTON, let me sit back cause I got this in the bag