Independent NYC mayoral candidate Jim Walden announced Tuesday he’s dropping out of the race, and urged other candidates to do the same to defeat frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.

Walden, an attorney , said it’s time for the others in the race to follow suit and consolidate behind one candidate in order to set up a head to head match with Mamdani, the Democratic nominee.

The other candidates are Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov, Andrew Cuomo, both running an independents; and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Most polls show Mamdani winning handily against a divided field.

“For months I have been steadfast in my view that, unless there is a one-on-one race in November, a Trojan Horse will take control of City Hall,” Walden said in a statement. “I cannot spend more public money in the futile hope I

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