Andrew Cuomo urges Republicans to vote for him and ban Zahran Mamdani

Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday implored Republicans and conservatives in New York City to vote for him instead Republican Party candidate Curtis Sliwa In the mayoral race — he joked, “I don’t have horns.”

The former governor made the appeal on a right-wing radio show, telling listeners that a vote for Saliwa would help left-wing Democratic candidate Zahran Mamdani achieve victory.

“I need my listeners to vote for me,” Cuomo told host Sid Rosenberg on WABC Radio 77’s “Sid & Friends in the Morning.”

“I don’t have horns,” he joked. “I want your voters to vote for me.”

Cuomo, when asked by Rosenberg if he would consider giving Sliwa a job in his potential administration if the Guardian Angels founder resigned, left the door open to the idea.

“I haven’t even thought about it to tell you the truth, but yeah, that would be something that would interest me,” he said.

“I would love to have Curtis’ support,” Cuomo added, praising the work of his opponent’s red-hatted public safety patrol group.

“(Sliwa) knows the transportation system — the trains and the subways,” Cuomo said.

But the former governor, who is running as an independent, also continued to claim that Saliwa is only acting as a spoiler candidate whose votes will lead to Mamdani, the SDP candidate, winning the November 4 election.

“He can’t stay,” Cuomo said. “A vote for Curtis is a vote for Mamdani. Everyone knows that.”

His idea mirrored a call he made to Republicans on WABC’s “Cats Roundtable” show hosted by John Catsimatidis Sunday.

WABC Radio owner Catsimatidis — Sliwa’s boss before he left his show at the station to run for mayor — hasHe publicly urged the GOP standard bearer to suspend his campaign In favor of Cuomo.

Cuomo trails Mamdani by double digits in recent general election polls, but leads Sliwa, recent poll shows It could be within walking distance From the front runner in a two-way race.

The three-term Queens state assemblyman — who beat Cuomo in the Democratic primary in June — is leading comfortably in part because the previous government and Sliwa split the anti-Mamdani vote.

At a breakfast forum on Tuesday, Cuomo insisted he was in the running to win it amid criticism Lackluster campaign management.

“Do you really want to do this?” was asked at a Society for Better event in New York, in response

He insisted that he wanted to become mayor.

“I’m afraid for New York City, and I’ve never felt that way before,” said Cuomo, who previously called Mamdani “scary.”

Reporters pointed to Cuomo He wasn’t tripping too hard In the city’s neighborhoods as well
Sliwa, which typically holds five or six public events a day.

“I am reaching out to his constituents to get them to support me,” Cuomo said.

“I don’t know what he’s doing. I know what I’m doing… I’m going out in force to meet all his constituents.”

Sliwa said for the umpteenth time on Tuesday that he would do so Not dropping out of the race.

“So, let’s be very clear: I will not drop out, under any circumstances,” he told reporters. “I was actually offered money to drop out. I said ‘no’.”

The five borough GOP chairs also issued a joint statement Tuesday standing behind Sliwa, including Manhattan Leader Andrea Catsimatidis, the daughter of John Catsimatidis.

Sliwa will participate in the final mayoral debate taking place Wednesday on Spectrum NY1. The nine days of early voting begin on Saturday.