ALBANY – Chalk one up for the state Legislature.

A new poll finds lawmakers’ job approval inching upward and New York voters strongly supportive of their two top remaining 2012 legislative priorities: a minimum wage hike and business tax cuts.

President Obama is well-positioned to win New York this year, leading presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney by 20 points, while U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand leads each of her three potential GOP challengers by better than two-to-one, the Siena College poll found.

Gov. Cuomo – the only one who doesn’t face voters this year – saw his ratings edge downward.

But he still enjoys a 56-43 job approval and a 68 percent favorable rating – better than Obama’s and far better than the Legislature’s.

And voters continue to think the state is headed on the right track, with the 55-34 percent verdict identical to last month’s Siena survey.

Despite lawmakers’ growing popularity, voters by 65-21 percent oppose a legislative pay raise, the May 6-10 telephone survey of 766 New York State registered voters found.

More than three quarters (78-17 percent) support a proposal by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) to boost the minimum wage from the federal $7.25 per hour to $8.50 – with 58 percent of Republicans in support.

Nearly two thirds (65-13) back a $200 million package of small business tax cuts and credits being pushed by Senate Majoritiy Leader Dean Skelos (R-LI).

The survey found a split on creating a system of public campaign financing for state races, with 40 percent in favor and 36 percent opposed. Democrats were supportive, Republicans opposed and independent voters evenly divided..

Most voters took a dim view of both Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

While Obama registered a 60 percent favorability rating, 57 percent of respondents viewed Romney unfavorably.

Cuomo’s favorable rating was down from 73 percent in last month’s Siena poll and is the lowest registered by Siena since he took office Jan. 1, 2011.

The state Senate got a 46-43 percent thumbs up, while the Assembly was close behind with a 42 percent favorability rating vs. 44 percent unfavorable.

Siena poll spokesman Steven Greenberg noted that a year ago, voters viewed the legislature unfavorably by 20 percent.

The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent – and 6.8 percent for the Republican sample.