Independent Mayoral candidate Jim Walden released the following statement Tuesday on the news that disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo was penalized $622,056 Monday for breaking campaign finance rules by improperly coordinating with a super PAC.
"Now we can add illegal coordination with a PAC and the incompetence of using AI to draft his policy proposals to disgraced Cuomo's corruption resume. And that's just the last two weeks. New Yorkers are not suckers and we don't want what Cuomo the snake oil salesman is selling. I am running for Mayor of New York City to put an end to exactly this kind of corruption that is produced year after year by the broken party system. When I am elected Mayor, I will bring independence and integrity to City Hall."
Jim Walden, a former mob-busting federal prosecutor has raised almost $3 million (including public matching funds). He secured an endorsement from the city's largest labor organization (with 200,000+ voters). He also secured the first NYPD endorsement, as well as endorsements from almost 60 high-ranking prosecutors across the city.
About Jim Walden
Jim Walden learned early that success comes through resilience and hard work while growing up in working-class Levittown, Pennsylvania. Despite an abusive father who abandoned the family when Jim was 14, he graduated near the top of his class while distinguishing himself in debate. His two years in the U.S. Navy’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps earned him dozens of commendations, foreshadowing a lifetime of public service.
It wasn’t easy for Jim to get to college. He spent a year working multiple jobs—from drugstore clerk to fast-food worker—sleeping on a friend’s floor while saving for his education until a friend helped him find a college where he’d earn financial aid. At Hamilton College, he excelled academically, winning awards for public speaking and campus service, and played rugby. He went to Temple University law school on an academic scholarship and graduated first in his class. He secured a coveted clerkship with a federal appellate judge in Philadelphia, Anthony Joseph Scirica.
As a criminal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice, Jim quickly earned a reputation for innovative strategies that made him the go-to prosecutor for FBI and DEA agents, as well as NYPD officers. Focusing on organized crime, his investigations led to more than 100 convictions—including members of all five New York crime families and one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. He helped to solve 25 cold-case homicides. His groundbreaking work was featured in National Geographic’s “Inside the American Mob.”
Jim built one of New York City’s premier litigation boutiques over a decade, while maintaining an unwavering commitment to public service law. Across his 20+ year career in private practice, his “good government” work has touched many corners of city life:
Fought for safer schools by forcing the Department of Education to protect bullied schoolkids
Secured $250 million for emergency repairs and better living conditions for over 400,000 NYCHA residents
Protected public spaces by stopping illegal parkland transfers in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Defended voting rights by successfully challenging gerrymandered district maps
Restored vital food assistance to impoverished New Yorkers
Protected hundreds of thousands of city retirees from healthcare cuts
Saved emergency care in Southern Brooklyn when SUNY wanted to close a critical hospital
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