Message: I Care

Here’s what a State of the City address looks like in a third term:

Not only did Mr. Bloomberg mostly avoid two favorite topics, Wall Street and national politics, he also tried to be a bit self-deprecating — hardly a familiar character trait — by opening with a light-hearted video of the Staten Island groundhog that bit his finger in 2009.

“He is my good friend,” the groundhog said, in a voice-over provided by a human actor.