Aaron Foldenauer

Over the past 12 months, I have served as General Counsel for Cornel West and his campaign for President of the United States. Today, we reached the finish line, and I was proud to visit my polling location here in New York City and cast my ballot for Cornel West for President.🧵

It’s crazy that the new NYC subway cars only have 30 seats and the old ones have 80 and we are in any way supposed to consider this an improvement. Me must return…

In case you were busy paying attention to the mayoral election (fair), the ballot prop to move NYC elections to even years failed pretty handily

I honestly don’t understand why @NYCMayor wants to change when New Yorkers vote. I fear that moving to even-number years will take attention away from local issues and will advantage candidates with wealth or fame. I urge all New Yorkers to vote NO on Ballot Proposal 6.

New York City is now facing its third major flooding event in four years. We’re going to have to seriously rethink our city’s infrastructure in the years ahead if we want to mitigate the impacts in the future — and most importantly, we need to act FAST. nytimes.com/2025/07/14/wea…

Late night map of the unofficial 2025 NYC Mayoral Primary (first oreference) result by NYC City Council District. Despite losing the race, Andrew Cuomo won 29 of the 51 CCDs to Zohran Mamdani's 22. Turnout differential was key to Mamdani's victory.

Another piece of the NYC D Mayoral Primary picture is relative turnout vs 2021. Unsurprisingly, it was up compared to the FINAL 21 total mayoral first preferences in progressive rich white areas (green), and down in many African-American majority areas (purple). @PatrickRuffini

Tonight the Democratic primary ended. Now, our campaign begins. I earned a spot on the general election ballot—not with party deals, but with over 24,000 signatures from real New Yorkers. Independent. Honest. The Real Deal. #JimWalden #NYC2025 #IndependentVoice #FixNYC

The Cuomo model --- massive cash advantage to blanket the TV airwaves, rely on your institutional support from unions to get voters out to the polls --- appears to have broken down. It's a model suited to a statewide race or perhaps several election cycles ago.

Voting in today's New York City primary elections ends at 9:00 p.m. . . . Get out there and vote!

🚨2025 Primary Election- Early Voting Day Complete! Manhattan: 122,642 Bronx: 30,816 Brooklyn: 142,735 Queens: 75,778 Staten Island: 12,367 Total # of Early Voting Check-Ins: 384,338* *Unofficial & cumulative as of close of polls

went to a bread store in europe and asked for fermented sourdough bread thinking it was something unique and special… They told me every single one was fermented and only made with water, salt, flour, sourdough yeast and a little olive oil This is what real bread should be — naturally gluten free, seed oil free and bullsh*t additive free It’s nice being somewhere you don’t have to go out of your way to avoid poison

Wow. At yesterday’s Council hearing, no-show @CMShahanaHanif phoned it in & asked “What am I voting on?” @LincolnRestler directs: “Just say yes.” She votes yes w/out question & didn’t even realize she was voting on her own bill. 🤦‍♀️Hanif: a no show for the job & her constituents

Just now, jogger hit by @citibike e-bike in @CentralParkNYC . Jogger leveled, injured both legs, ankle. E-Biker hits ground, hits head, bleeding, memory issues. @NYPDCentralPark and ambulances on scene. @nyc_evsa . Get the e-bikes out of the parks! Support 0060 @CMvpaladino @BobHoldenNYC

The Campaign Finance Board is approving the 5th round of matching funds payments, including for five mayoral candidates. Andrew Cuomo is not among them. Brad Lander – $861,831 Zohran Mamdani – $3,832,987 Zellnor Myrie – $527,147 Scott Stringer – $696,942 Jim Walden – $1,903,504

BREAKING: The NYC Campaign Finance Board just awarded our campaign $1.9 million in public funds. No party. No machine. No insider deals. Just a first-time independent candidate breaking into a rigged system—and winning. We made HISTORY today. The political class should be nervous. We're coming.

New York's highest court strikes down noncitizen voting in NYC gothamist.com/news/new-yorks…

Seen in a private space somewhere in the NYS Capitol. I’d like to hear the story of the actions that caused this sign to be prominently displayed. Someone must feel shame each time they enter.