Councilman David Greenfield Bill Would Have City Shovel Sidewalks, Charge Owners

[hrmjustin]

BY ERIN DURKIN

Too lazy to shovel your sidewalk? Under a proposed law, the city would shovel it for you - and then stick you with a $250 bill.
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Councilman David Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) is introducing legislation that would require the city to shovel sidewalks ignored by negligent property owners and charge them for it.

“Right now, you get a fine - you’re still not clearing your sidewalk,” Greenfield said. “The problem is that your walk remains unshoveled.”

Property owners who don’t shovel within four hours after the snow stops falling are currently subject to fines that start at $100.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2014/02/councilman-david-greenfield-bill-would-have-city-shovel-sidewalks-charge-owner

[Politicalboi]

1. I lived in Pa for a few years

And I think it's ridiculous that the city gets away with charging the citizens when they don't shovel their sidewalks, or don't repair their cracked sidewalks. These are states that have highway robbery tolls just to drive on their shitty roads should be responsible for the snow clean up and repairs.

The east coast pays too much for services that should be the cities responsibility. How come when it floods you're not going to get fined for having water on your sidewalk. Snow is water only frozen.

[hrmjustin]

2. This city is too big for the city to do it.

I think oeople shoukd shovel their property. For the most part residential owners do shovel but commercial owners lag behind.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. I thought that we paid taxes so that snow would be cleared?

What are they doing with the taxes?

[hrmjustin]

4. The sidewalks are property owners responsibility.