New York City has often set the political, cultural and financial course of the country. Tuesday’s mayoral election — and a New Yorker watching from Washington — could scramble it all.

Miles Teller portrayed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the "Saturday Night Live" cold open, which poked fun at the NYC mayoral debate.

The director’s vision of New York City once seemed aspirational, but his endorsement of Andrew Cuomo suggests he may not understand the city beyond its fiction.