ALBANY - The race for New York governor appears to be getting tighter.
A Siena College poll Sunday said Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 22-percentage-point lead last month over Republican Marc Molinaro had fallen to a 13 percentage-point edge in recent days.
Election Day is Tuesday.
The poll found the Democratic governor seeking a third term was up 49 percent to 36 percent over the Dutchess County executive, the closest the race has been.
“Days before voters go to the polls, Molinaro has narrowed Cuomo’s lead," Steven Greenberg, a spokesman for the Siena poll, said in a statement.
"Republicans are ‘coming home’ to support their nominee much stronger than last month, although Cuomo continues to do better with Democrats than Molinaro does with Republicans."
The poll showed Cuomo continuing to crush Molinaro in the Democratic heavy New York City, 77 percent to 14 percent.
But Cuomo was leading just 44 percent to 41 percent in the city's suburbs, while Molinaro was ahead in upstate 46 percent to 36 percent.
Also, independent voters favored Molinaro: 41 percent to 34 percent.
Cuomo's favorability fell to its lowest level since he first took office in 2011, the poll said.
For the first time, more voters viewed Cuomo unfavorably (49 percent) than viewed him favorably (45 percent), Siena said.
"While Democrats and New York City voters overwhelmingly view him favorably, Republicans, independents and upstate voters overwhelmingly view him unfavorably,” Greenberg said.
Molinaro was still largely unknown. Forty-six percent of voters had no opinion of him.
The three third-party candidates -- Stephanie Miner on the Serve America Movement line; Howie Hawkins on the Green line and Larry Sharpe on the Libertarian line -- had 7 percent of the vote collectively.
Cuomo has spent more than $6 million on his campaign, mainly on ads, over the last month or so, compared to about $1.4 million for Molinaro.
And that's after Cuomo spent a whopping $25 million during his primary win in September against actress Cynthia Nixon.
Republicans have not won a statewide race since 2002.
The other statewide race that appeared close, Siena said, was the race for attorney general.
Democrat Letitia James, the New York City public advocate, led 49 percent to 37 percent over Republican Keith Wofford in the open race to succeed Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned in May amid sexual-abuse allegations.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, is seeking re-election to a second, six-year term, and she was ahead 58 percent to 35 percent over Republican challenger Chele Chiavacci Farley.
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli was ahead of Republican Jonathan Trichter by 62 percent to 25 percent.
The Siena poll was conducted Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 to 641 likely voters. It had a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points.