Mayor Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo buried below Zohran Mamdani, Curtis Sliwa on cluttered NYC mayoral election ballot

What do a socialist and a Guardian Angel have in common?

They’ll both appear twice on the Big Apple’s November ballot — long before voters will even get to the obscure independent lines of incumbent Mayor Eric Adams and ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The city’s sample Nov. 4 ballot released Wednesday shows that Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa will be listed as the first two options for voters as the Democratic and Republican party nominees, respectively.

Little-known Conservative Party candidate Irene Estrada will appear third, followed again by proud socialist Mamdani as the Working Families Party’s pick.

The beret-wearing cat-lover Sliwa is next, appearing for the second time on his independent line of Protect Animals.

Unfortunately for otherwise prominent contenders Adams and Cuomo, they’ll be buried deeper down the ballot.

Adams will find himself nestled at the end of the first line of mayoral contenders, next to the throwaway write-in candidate box, under his “Safe & Affordable” independent line.

Cuomo — who was walloped in the June Democratic primary by Mamdani — will appear on a second row of candidates below Adams and the previous others, under the independent line “Fight and Deliver.”

He’ll be sandwiched between a pair of non-factors in the election: Jim Walden and Jose Hernandez.

The poor placing will do little to boost either Adams or Cuomo, whose bid has been stuck in the mud since his stunning loss in the primary.

Adams’ hopes of winning re-election or drawing a respectable turnout were already dim, with the latest polls showing his support slowly dwindling to just a few percentage points.

He spent months unsuccessfully pushing for two spots on the ballot, but ultimately abandoned his second line, “EndAntisemitism.”

A spokesperson for the city Board of Elections said the order of the nine candidates was set by state law.

“The established parties are always first,” said Vincent Ignizio, adding that the order of independent bids was determined by when the candidates filed to run on their respective lines.

“Curtis filed first, so he’s the first independent body listed.”

The BOE certified the ballot last week.

Absentee ballots will start being mailed out on Friday.

— Additional reporting by Matt Troutman