Former mayoral candidate Jim Walden’s bid to nix his title from the November poll was rejected Tuesday by the town’s Board of Elections.
Walden, who dropped out of the race final week, mentioned he was in electoral “purgatory” as he pleaded his case on the assembly.
“Voters will be misled,” Walden mentioned. “They will believe that there is a candidate for a party that’s called the Integrity Party that is prepared to take the office, and I’m here to tell you he’s not.”
As Walden dropped out of the race he urged different candidates to do the identical to line up a one-on-one showdown in opposition to Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
Mayor Adams, whose polling numbers are constantly within the singe digits, is going through a push, together with from the Trump administration and the town’s billionaires, to drop his reelection bid.
Ought to Adams take away himself from consideration, it’s doubtless — given Tuesday’s choice — that his title, like Walden’s, would stay on the poll.
Adams, who’s operating as an impartial, will seem on the “Safe&Affordable” poll line, with the “EndAntiSemitism” line he additionally wished to run on showing beneath his title.
After the assembly, Walden mentioned in a press release he plans to sue the Board of Elections over its choice.
Initially Revealed: September 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT
