If President Donald Trump was the intended villain in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's election-year budget, Mayor Bill de Blasio appears to be its intended victim.

Cuomo's proposed $168 billion executive budget released Tuesday would impose significant liabilities on de Blasio and the city he governs by requiring it to assume more financial responsibility for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, according to budget watchdogs.

"This seems to be asking the city to vastly increase the amount of its general fund and capital budget dedicated to the transit authority," said Jamison Dague, the director of infrastructure studies at the nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission.

Dague was referring to the MTA's New York City Transit Authority, which operates its subways and buses. Cuomo's budget plan calls for the city of New York "to provide in full all funding required to meet the capital needs of the New York City Transit authority" in its five-year capital plans.