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Jim Walden: “I'm going to convene a team of advisors, a panel, if you…”

Featuring: Jim Walden, Attorney, Former Candidate, New York City Mayoral Election 2025

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New York City Public Service Retirees' Friday Night Live with Mayoral Candidate Jim Walden

Published | Video Starts at 38:40

I mean, appointing commissioners is like a big deal to a mayor. It's like I'm. I get to appoint this important person and that important person. I'm not doing it that way. So for every agency, I'm going to convene a team of advisors, a panel, if you will, that they will screen resumes of quality people both in the city and outside the city. and they will come back to me without any input from me other than what my priorities are with three candidates. And I'm going to choose one of those three candidates. (38:40–38:54)

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Asserts intention to use a panel to screen candidates for commissioner positions.

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