Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said that a story in which he was reported to discuss New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in The Times of London newspaper was "false and fabricated." “I want to be 100% clear: The story in the Times of London is entirely false and fabricated. It was just brought to my attention and I’m appalled. I never spoke to that reporter and never said those things. Those quotes aren’t mine, don’t reflect my views,” de Blasio said in a post on the social platform X Tuesday.

The former New York City mayor’s post featured a link to a story from the Times of London that appeared to be taken down.  The New York Times reported that the Times of London put out an article that featured commentary supposedly from de Blasio criticizing policy proposals

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