A burgeoning bloc of New York City Republicans say Andrew Cuomo should make an appeal for a vote in his favor in November’s mayoral election.

“If Cuomo wants the vote of New York Republicans, come over to us and offer us something,” Stefano Forte, president of the New York Young Republican Club, said in an interview. “Why doesn’t he come meet with us at our clubhouse and promise us a certain number of deputy mayors? And then maybe, maybe, maybe we’ll think about supporting him.”

The group represents a small minority of voters in the heavily Democratic city. But it’s a potential opportunity for Cuomo in a split race that, with incumbent Mayor Eric Adams dropping out, has narrowed to the top three contenders. Support for Republican Curtis Sliwa has mostly tallied in the low double digits,

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