Newspaper removes interview with Bill de Blasio after former NYC mayor says the quotes were 'fabricated'

A British newspaper has removed an article that included quotes attributed to former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio criticizing Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani after de Blasio said the quotes were fabricated."The story in the Times of London is entirely false and fabricated," de Blasio said in posts on X after the paper published the story Tuesday, one week before Election Day in the New York City mayor's race."I never spoke to that reporter and never said those things.