on january 1, 2015, ganim offered a public apology to the city of bridgeport for his corruption scandal, saying: "i'm truly sorry." the apology—as well as visits to churches in city's mainly african-american east side, a former stronghold for ganim during his days as mayor—fueled speculation about a return to politics for ganim. in march 2015, ganim moved back to bridgeport from easton, where he had been living.