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Jim Walden: “There's too many extremists up [in Albany] dictating policy…”

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 45:31

But I'm going to take the case to walk to Washington. Sorry, to Albany, and. And listen, we need reform in Albany, too, because from my perspective, for my humble perspective, There's too many extremists up [in Albany] dictating policy like terrible bail reform. and we need some change there, too. But I'm certainly going to try to work across the aisle, across the aisles, because I'm running as an independent and try to bring people from the extremes back to the center. (45:31–45:37)

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Asserts that extremist views in Albany are influencing policies, such as bail reform.

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