Livery drivers with the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers rallied outside Gov. Hochul’s midtown office on Monday, calling for an end to the city’s testing of driverless taxi cars by tech giant Waymo.

“Taxi and livery drivers risk their lives every day to transport New Yorkers safely,” NYSFTD President Steven Rivera said in a statement. “Robots cannot replace human instinct, compassion or accountability.”

Monday’s rally, in which about a dozen drivers showed up outside Hochul’s office, comes days after Mayor Adams’ announcement on Friday that the city had approved an application by the Google subsidiary, allowing it to test eight driverless cars in downtown Brooklyn and in Manhattan south of 110th St.

The cars will still be required to have humans in the driver seat, and Waym

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