Retired NYPD Officer running for NYC Mayor

Joe Melendez is running in the 2018 Mayoral race as an independent.
Melendez says it’s time for some real change in this city. He is a lifelong resident of this city and says he has seen this city start to deteriorate under the Deblasio administration and is fed up with the communist regime of Mellisa Mark-Viverito.
She along with the Mayor have set this city back 20yrs.
He says he has the backing of all the major unions except for the Teachers Union.
Unfortunately this isn’t real news and you’ve just been pranked.