Nine years later, de Blasio has some thoughts. "Why would you want an elected official to hold a groundhog? I don't know anything about holding groundhogs," he said.
More than nine years after the accidental animal slaughter, Bill de Blasio said he should never have been trusted to handle the groundhog in a candid interview published Wednesday.
before we go tonight, you may remember this fateful day when the mayor of new york city mishandled an innocent groundhog. you can see why. the little ones tried running back into the house, like most groundhogs, she was obviously skilled at foreshadowing that forecaster was charlotte, the start of the 2014 event of the staten island zoo, i m using the past tense, because we factor that incident, charlotte died. well it is unclear if the blasio responsible for her demise, the public certainly held him accountable, and in a