Comments on: Text Of Bloomberg’s Statement At Tuesday Morning Press Conference

By: lolly

lolly — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:49:50 +0000

I don’t know what you are all complaining about. It’s a blizzard. Where do you all need to rush off to in your lives that is so incredibly important that the streets be immediately plowed? So, you can’t get around for a few days. Work and schools are cancelled. All I hear is kvetching. Wake up and smell the roses. It’s a beautiful, snow blanketed world in all its glory. Get out a book and and a blanket and a cup of warm tea – and enjoy the time off.

By: RuffRuff

RuffRuff — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:47:22 +0000

Yehudayona,
Your first comment was a good point, but your second one, not Ingantzen. You don’t really think that all the plowed snow would be blown by wind, do you? Plowed snow is packed. Perhaps some snow would get blown and would cover the ground, but that wouldn’t trap cars or make the cleaning after the storm impossible.

By: rt

rt — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:02:02 +0000

to cont. #22: yesterday-why was this person driving down a street that had’t even been plowed!

By: rt

rt — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:00:06 +0000

with a storm of such severity, a state of emergency should have been declared-no driving except emergency vehicles. there was a car stuck in the intersection where I live ALL DAY

By: R.L.

R.L. — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:15:50 +0000

What did Bloomberg ever do to all of you? Yes, Manhattan did have to be plowed before brooklyn – because that’s where all the businesses are. what percent of the people living in Brooklyn work in Manhattan? probably a large one although I cant say anything for sure.
Just an assumption – but probably the city collects more money from Manhattan than Brooklyn – in which case it would make sense for manhattan to be plowed first.
True, I dont live in Brooklyn – so maybe I shouldnt talk BUT IF THE CITY IS CLOSED FOR 3 DAYS MOST OF YOUR LIVES WILL GO ON!!!!!
…and, its not only Bloomberg who said that stuck cars got in the way – hatzalah said the same – and they have no (or fewer reasons than Bloomberg anyway) political reasons to lie – so probably it’s true!!!

By: Yochie

Yochie — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:52:09 +0000

Hear Yea Hear Yea

A tractor was just spotted marching down Ave. F
(apparenty by mistake)

By: fedupwithbloomberg

fedupwithbloomberg — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:37:28 +0000

BLOOMBERG BETTER MAKE SURE THAT I DON’T FIND HIM OTHERWISE HE WILL BE DEADMEAT. THIS IS A DISGRACE. IT HAS STOPPED SNOWING FOR 36 HOURS AND 3/4 OF THE ROADS IN STATEN ISLAND ARE NOT PLOWED. I ONLY SAW ONE PLOW TRUCK AND IT WENT DOWN MY BLOCK, AND ONLY WENT HALF WAY AND DISSAPEARED. IT SAID IT WAS GOING TO COME BACK AROUND THE OTHER WAY BECAUSE IT COULDN’T GET UP THE BLOCK AND THE SANITATION DRIVER NEVER CAME BACK DOWN THE BLOCK. NOW ROANOKE STREET IN STATEN ISLAND IS HALF PLOWED AND HALF NOT PLOWED. HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO GET HALF DOWN A PLOWED STREET. ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO FLY OVER THE SNOW. THIS IS TOTALLY RIDICOULOUS, AND INSANE, IT HASN’T BEEN THIS BAD SINCE DINKINS WAS MAYOR. BLOOMBERG SHOULD BE KICKED OUT OF OFFICE. THIS IS UNNACEPTABLE AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED,IS IT FAIR THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO MISS WORK AND NOT GET PAID, THE ECONOMY IS BAD ANYWAYZ. BLOOMBERG STOP BEING CHEAP…. THE TRUE REASON WHY THE CITY LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES IS BECAUSE BLOOMBERG LAID OFF ALOT OF SANITATION WORKERS AND IS NOT PAYING ANY SANITATION WORKERS OVERTIME AND CUT THE SANITATION WORKERS FROM 8500 TO 2500 WHICH IS INSANE. HOW IS 2500 SANITATION WORKERS SUPPOSED TO CLEAN MY THE 5 BOROS…. WHEN 2 WORKERS ARE IN EACH PLOW???? IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO CLEAN THIS MESS, AND ALL THAT BLOOMBERG SAYS IS HAVE PATIENCE!!!! MR BLOOMBERG IM SURE YOUR STREET WAS PLOWED, NOW PLOW OURS. IF YOU SEE ANY PLOW CALL 911. THEY ARE STOLEN!

By: yehudayona

yehudayona — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:07:09 +0000

While I agree that the city has done a lousy job of plowing, I think those who are saying they should have stared in the middle of the blizzard aren’t being reasonable. The winds were such that plowing wouldn’t have helped much. The snow would have just blown back on the roads.

By: yehudayona

yehudayona — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:04:03 +0000

mogold, the equipment can run 24 hours a day. The workers can’t. The number of operators is greater the number of pieces of equipment because they work shifts.

By: chanaseema

chanaseema — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:26:05 +0000

HE IS FULL OF IT-HE IS A BIG LIAR. HE KNEW THAT THE STORM WAS COMING AND WAS TOO CHEAP TO PAY FOR MORE SNOWPLOWS!!! STATEN ISLAND HAS NOT YET BEEN PLOWED AND HE IS NOT CONCERNED FOR THE PUBLIC. ALL HE CARES ABOUT IS THAT TIMES SQUARE IS CLEARED FOR NEW YEARS AND THAT HE HAS A PERSONAL CHAUFFER TO TAKE HIM AROUND.