Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday pleaded with New York City Republicans and conservatives to vote for him instead of GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa in the mayoral race — joking that “I don’t have horns.”

The former governor made the appeal on a right-leaning radio show, telling listeners that a vote for Sliwa will help lefty Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani cruise to victory.

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

Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo urged conservative voters in New York City to back him instead of Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa during an appearance on WABC 77 radio’s “Sid & Friends in the Morning.” Kevin C Downs for The New York Post

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

Cuomo, when asked by Rosenberg whether he’d consider giving Sliwa a job in his potential administration should the Guardian Angels founder call it quits, left the door open to the idea.

“I haven’t even thought about it to tell you the truth, but, yes, that would be something that I am interested in,” he said.

“I would like Curtis’ support,” Cuomo added, praising the work of his opponent’s red beret-wearing public safety patrol group.

“[Sliwa] does know the transit system — the trains and the subway,” Cuomo said.

Cuomo said that voting for Sliwa will only help Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani win the election. James Messerschmidt

But the ex-governor, who is running as an independent, also continued to claim Sliwa only serves as a spoiler candidate whose votes will deliver the November 4 election to Mamdani, the socialist Democratic Party nominee.

“He’s not viable. A vote for Curtis is a vote for Mamdani. Everyone knows that,” Cuomo said.

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His pitch mirrored a plea he made to Republicans on WABC’s the “Cats Roundtable” program hosted by John Catsimatidis on Sunday.

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

Cuomo said he would be open to giving Sliwa a job in his mayoral administration. Robert Miller

Cuomo trails Mamdani by double digits in recent general election polls, but is running ahead of Sliwa, with a recent poll showing he could be within striking distance of the front-runner in a two-way race.

The three-term Queens state assemblyman — who trounced Cuomo in the June Democratic primary — is comfortably ahead in part because the ex-gov and Sliwa are splitting the anti-Mamdani vote.

At a breakfast forum on Tuesday, Cuomo insisted he’s in the race to win it amid criticism he’s run a lackluster campaign.

“Do you really want to do this?” he was asked at the Association For a Better New York event, responding

He insisted he wants to be mayor.

“I am afraid for New York City, and I’ve never felt that before,” said Cuomo, who earlier on the radio called Mamdani “frightening.”

Reporters noted to Cuomo that he was not not stumping as vigorously in city neighborhoods as
Sliwa, who typically holds five or six public events a day.

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

“I don’t know what he does. I know what I do … I’m aggressively going out to meet all his voters.”

Sliwa, for the umpteenth time, said Tuesday he will not be dropping out of the race.

“So, let’s be very clear: I am not dropping out, under no circumstances,” he told reporters. “I’ve already been offered money to drop out. I said ‘no.’”

The five borough Republican Party chairpersons also issued a joint statement Tuesday standing behind Sliwa, including Manhattan leader Andrea Catsimatidis, John Catsimatidis’ daughter.

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