Bill de Blasio says he ‘100%’ has regrets over holding groundhog that later died

Former New York mayor spoke candidly about the day in 2014 that he dropped Charlotte the groundhog: ‘The whole thing is insane’

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”.