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Ex-Gov. Mario Cuomo to mediate Madoff trustee’s suit against Mets’ owners

Former Gov. Mario Cuomo has been tapped to mediate the $300 million-plus lawsuit that accuses the Mets owners of illegally profiting from Bernard Madoff’s epic Ponzi scheme.

The Queens native — who wrote the intro to a 1996 history of the Amazin’s — was appointed today by the judge overseeing the case.

Manhattan Bankruptcy Court Burton Lifland said “there are special issues presented in the (suit) that suggest referral to an appropriately experienced mediator.”

The order notes that both sides “have been informed of and consented to” Cuomo’s appointment.

Lifland also imposed a blackout on settlement negotiations, saying “no documents relating to the matter to be mediated shall be filed with the court.”

Cuomo, who is currently “of counsel” to the white-show law firm Wilkie Farr & Gallagher, didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

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