NY Daily News: City fails to meet 7 a.m. deadline to have every street cleared of snow

[marmar]

Mission not accomplished.

Despite promises that every street in the city would be plowed by Thursday morning, the Daily News found several snowbound streets - including one where a nursing home remained cut off from help.

"We are in a state of panic," said Lori Tesoriero, an administrator at the Richard J. and Florence Zarick Pavilion in Bay Ridge.

"I have cancer patients who can't get their chemo treatments," she said. "I have lots of residents with other issues, and we're all just stranded here."

City sanitation commissioner John Doherty, in a Wednesday news conference, promised every street across the five boroughs would be plowed by 7 a.m. Thursday morning.

Mayor Bloomberg acknowledged some streets remain uncleared, although he said every street was plowed at least once. The city sent a helicopter flying over Brooklyn looking for problem areas. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/12/30/2010-12-30_nyc_blizzard_cleanup_city_fails_to_meet_7_am_deadline_to_have_every_street_clear.html#ixzz19dZpIIVi

[LiberalFighter]

1. Doesn't the mayor of New York have the authority to declare Friday to be Thursday?

[aquart]

2. Even for snark that lacked clarity and relevance.

[HockeyMom]

3. New York was the ONLY state in the tri state area to not declare

a state of emergency; as in federal dollars, and bring out the National Guard.