Artist, repeat candidate to appear on ballot for Democratic mayoral primary

Paperboy Prince April 23, 2025

Paperboy Prince interrupts the New York City Mayoral Candidates Forum at Medgar Evers College Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in New York.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Brooklyn mayoral forum in April saw an early disruption from a man in clown makeup and clown shoes.

Held at Medgar Evers College, the event was focused on the “Black agenda,” and the disruption was led by Paperboy Prince, a perennial candidate who will be appearing on this year’s ballot for the Democratic mayoral primary.

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