(The Center Square) — Independent New York City mayoral candidate Jim Walden has dropped out of the race and is urging other hopefuls to consolidate to help defeat frontrunner and Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, calling him a “Trojan Horse” candidate. 

Jim Walden, an attorney and former prosecutor who once represented Robert F. Kennedy Jr., bowed out of the race Tuesday in a social media post that warned time was “slipping away” for the other candidates in the race to gain momentum in the crowded field seeking to unseat incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who is running as an independent.