Mamdani’s surge reminds me of what a former New York Newsday colleague, the legendary columnist Murray Kempton, famously ...

On Feb. 2, 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio accidentally dropped Staten Island Chuck during the annual Groundhog Day ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo in West Brighton, solidifying its spot as an ...

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has spoken out about the tragic day he dropped Staten Island’s beloved groundhog on its head — 10 years later.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, winces as Staten Island Chuck breaks free and drops to the stage during the 2014 Groundhog Day ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo. Sunday February 2, 2014.

This Groundhog Day disaster has cast a decade-long shadow. Friday marks exactly ten years since then-Mayor Bill “Butterfingers” de Blasio infamously lost his grip and dropped Staten Island ...

Friday isn't just any old Groundhog Day. It will be 10 years since former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped the animal during the ceremony. It died a week later.

On Feb. 2, 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio unintentionally dropped Staten Island Chuck during the annual ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo in West Brighton, cementing the moment in Groundhog Day history.

Getty Images for Global Citizen De Blasio dropped poor Charlotte, the late Staten Island groundhog, during a gruesome Groundhog Day ceremony in 2014. The marmot later died from internal injuries.

In New York, de Blasio's blunder resulted in some changes for the Staten Island Zoo's annual ceremony. Starting in 2015, only professional handlers were permitted to pick up a groundhog.

Bill de Blasio, then the mayor of New York, holds up a sign announcing spring during a Groundhog Day event in 2015. Things did not go so smoothly the year before.