STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa faced calls from his boss to drop from the race Monday.

Sliwa, a radio show host on WABC-AM, was called upon by John Catsimatidis — the owner of the station and radio show host in his own right — to pull himself from the race to give independent candidate Andrew Cuomo a better chance at Gracie Mansion.

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

“He could win the next election because people will be proud of him for doing the right thing for New York City, instead of the wrong thing. We cannot take a chance on Zohran [Mamdani] winning and every common-sen

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