ALBANY — Life in the Empire State is better now than when Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office, but his favorability rating is slipping, a new poll shows.

Voters surveyed in a new Siena poll released Tuesday said the third-term Democrat has improved the state during his time as governor by a 51 to 39 percent positive rating. He was first elected in 2011.

Fellow Democrats awarded him a 71 percent approval rating compared to Republicans at a dismal 19 percent.

But Cuomo’s favorability rating matched record lows, at 43 to 50 percent. It’s a cool-down from summer’s start, when voters gave him a 52 to 42 percent thumbs up in a June poll.

He carried city voters at a 56 to 36 percent positive rating, but his popularity outside the five boroughs dropped to 37 to 54 percent among suburban voters and 31 to 64 among upstaters.

Voters also gave Cuomo his lowest job performance rating to date, at 34 to 64 percent.

It’s a contrast to how New Yorkers feel about the legislative session, which ended June 19, with 52 to 33 percent of voters approving of state lawmakers’ accomplishments.

Overall, voters championed legislation passed that requires children to be vaccinated for measles before they start school; creates a farm workers bill of rights providing collective bargaining rights; mobilizes the state to reach zero carbon emissions and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and bans single-use plastic bags by 2020.

But New Yorkers still aren’t hot on legislation that grants driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, opposing the move by 53 to 43 percent.

Democrats and Republicans agree two-party rule would be better for the state by a 68 to 22 percent margin, with 58 percent of Democratic voters favoring a bipartisan system despite their party regaining control of both legislative houses in January.

Overall, voters think the state is heading in the right direction by a 45 to 44 percent approval rating.

The survey questioned 810 state residents, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.