The City Council’s former GOP leader says it’s smarter for party faithful to back Dem ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo than Republican Curtis Sliwa for mayor to stop Democratic Socialist front-runner Zohran Mamdani.

“I am no fan of Andrew Cuomo, but I also don’t want to light my vote on fire,” ex-Republican council minority leader Joe Borelli said on Fox News Channel’s “Saturday in America Kayleigh McEnany” program. 4

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“Do you want someone with their foot on the gas pedal for socialism, or do you want someone who has their foot on the brake sometimes,” Borelli said.

“If you’re gonna light your vote on fire and vote for Curtis Sliwa, I can’t help you,” he said of the struggling Republican candidate.

Mamdani defeated Cuomo in the Democratic primary, leaving the ex-gov to run on the

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