Republican nominee for mayor of New York Curtis Sliwa, left, and John Catsimatidis. Getty Images New York —

Republican New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa is facing renewed pressure to drop his bid for mayor – this time directly from his boss.

John Catsimatidis, the Republican supermarket magnate and lifelong New Yorker, took to the airwaves of WABC-AM, the radio station he owns and where Sliwa hosts a show, to call for him to drop out.

“Look, I love Curtis; we’ve worked together a lot,” Catsimatidis said.

“Curtis has to realize that he should love New York more than anything else, and it certainly looks like Curtis should pull out right now,” Catsimatidis added.

Catsimatidis and some other Republicans have rallied behind Andrew Cuomo , who is running as an indepen

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