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Eyewitness News
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The year's first big snowstorm was also the first big test for New York City's new mayor, Bill de Blasio.
Asked to give himself a grade for handling the snow in his first week in office, the mayor said, "I feel great about the response." But he quickly added, "We are not out of this yet."
"Based on the information I have right now, I give everyone an A for extraordinary effort and extraordinary effectiveness," de Blasio said. "Ask me my grade again in a few hours."
The snowstorm came about three years after de Blasio criticized his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, for failing to lead a quick snow cleanup in all parts of the city.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9379658
jwirr
(39,215 posts)plowed.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)we are almost always iced in. Our county is now run by republicons.
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)snip
New York City's Parks Department is planning a day of snow activities in each of the city's five boroughs.
Sleds will be available to borrow between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday at the five locations. There will be snow angel competitions, music and free hot chocolate.
The locations are Crotona Park in the Bronx, Prospect Park near Ninth Street in Brooklyn, Highbridge Park in Manhattan, Juniper Valley Park in Queens and Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island.
It almost sounds like fun instead of woe to us.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)or being iced in for a week or two?
For the first 4 days it is wonderful, by day 7, marriages can crumble! lol
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)called Cabin Fever, which seems quite real. Almost everyone I know becomes almost incoherent after 7 days.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)and we're well prepared for this one. As long as we continue to have internet and tv, we'll be fine. When we lose our satellite then it's time to go to bed and stay there for some long period of time.
TheOther95Percent
(1,035 posts)I was delighted. Three years ago when we had that major storm the day after Christmas, people on the side streets here didn't see a plow for a week. Manhattan, on the other hand, the streets were down to the blacktop in a matter of a day. Mr. TO95% said that it didn't even looked like it snowed. In the meantime, in the outer boroughs, we saw people carrying their sick elderly down snow clogged streets to reach an ambulance a week after the storm.
Go Mayor D! We live here too.