Politics on the Hudson is reporting a Quinnipiac University poll released Wed., Jun. 3, shows Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s job-approval rating has dropped. Forty-four percent of New York voters surveyed approved of Cuomo’s job performance, compared to 42 percent who disapprove. It was the second term governor’s lowest rating in a Quinnipiac survey since he took office in 2011. Polls conducted by Marist College and Siena College showed similar declines in recent weeks. The poll showed a little more than half of voters disapprove of Cuomo’s efforts to improve ethics in government. When asked if the governor is part of the problem or a part of the solution, 52 percent said he was part of the problem and 32 percent said he was part of the solution. In the same poll, only 26 percent of those surveyed approved of the job the state Legislature is doing; 60 percent disapproved. Read the full story at Capitol Confidential, a Times Union blog.