‘The whole thing was insane’: Bill de Blasio on dropping groundhog that later died

Former New York mayor spoke candidly about day in 2014 he dropped Charlotte the groundhog

The former New York mayor Bill de Blasio has addressed perhaps the greatest, or possibly saddest, controversy of his time at City Hall: the day he dropped a groundhog, which subsequently died.

The Democrat left office in 2021. This week, he spoke to New York magazine. Describing the interview at a coffee shop in Brooklyn, the publication said the prominent Clinton ally and former presidential aspirant, 62, seemed far more at ease than he often did while in office".