Rachel Holliday Smith at THE CITY reported, “In a typical New York City election year, the mayoral race is effectively over by the June primary — when the Democratic nominee is chosen, essentially anointing the mayor-elect in this deep blue city. But 2025 is hardly a typical political season.” Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry H. Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, explains to THE CITY what it means to run as an independent as well as the “obscure” Wilson-Pakula rule that authorizes a candidate to run with a party different from their own.
