Republican Rep. Mike Lawler gave Andrew Cuomo a plug for mayor, saying the Democratic ex-governor has a better shot to topple Zohran Mamdani than GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa.

“In this instance between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo? It’s not even close,” Lawler said on 77 WABC’s “Sid & Friends” program Wednesday morning.

Lawler — who’s 17th District sits just north of the city — has been a staunch critic of Cuomo, particularly his handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He even called Cuomo a “lying sack of s–t” over the then-governor’s comments about his controversial March 2020 edict that directed nursing homes to admit or readmit COVID-infected patients released from hospitals.

But he said Cuomo, running for mayor as an independent, was the “lesser of two evils” bec

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