snow plows *were* making their way up and down Union Street at around 11am todayCause judging from the deluge of emails, tweets, and angry missives that have been sent in to both myself and Aaron Brashear of Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights, the answer for most of your asses is a big fat NO.
Not sure if anyone wants to be identified, so I'm keepin it all anon:
I'm on President Street between 7th and 8th Avenues. Our block and Carroll Street have not been plowed" as of 10:27am this morn.
And here's another one:
It's now almost 11 AM on Tuesday the 28th. The last plow to come up this street (16th) was on Sunday the 26th at about 2PM. Almost 48 hours.
Add to that that yesterday was garbage and Recycle pick up and after a holiday with added recyclables. So the street is now 4 feet deep in snow and garbage.
I filed 4 complaints yesterday. One online (which will not give you a complaint number but assures that the issue will be resolved (?)) and 3 of which I waited on the line for about 2 hours to speak to an agent. Those complaints were directly related to the sanitation department's lack of attention to the issues at hand.
As for Dentons rosy explaination that "the plows can't get up the street if cars are stuck, luv ya Denton but: if the plows (and salters) had come up the street in the first place, then the cars would not be stuck to begin with.
Basically the City has failed to do it's duty and, in doing so, has created a VERY dangerous situation. The resulting excuses for their lack of proper management of our tax dollars does not change the fact that we are in a bad situation that should have never been allowed to happen. Especially since this storm was not a surprise, and we have already been billed for it.
and one more from this morn:
It appears that they haven't plowed any side streets. I walked around today in the late teens and they were all untouched except for 17th (probably because of the expressway). There are some businesses between 3rd and 4th Avenues in the late teens and early 20s, so it seems extra odd.
Just to make us all even more mad:
One thing that many people are unaware of is how rudimentary the NYC snow removal process is compared to some other places. In Montreal, for example, the City cleans not only the streets but the sidewalks. I was amazed to see hwo they do it last time I was in Montreal during the winter. I posted the below in another forum...
"If you want to see real snow removal, go to Montreal.
They don't just hang some stinkin' plow on some stinkin' garbage truck.
No, they have a whole system. There will be a crew of different vehicles and people. They'll clear the street with big equipment, then they'll have tow trucks pull the cars away from the curb, have a small backhoe remove snow, then put the cars back. Meanwhile big honking bulldozer picks up snow and puts it in dump trucks, where it gets hauled off and dumped in the river. Here are some pix.
Someone also claimed alternate side will be in effect tomorrow. Not showing on nyc.gov, but someone's asking for a revolution...
Ok, so where are you? And has your street been plowed yet? Enquiring minds wanna know.
UPDATE: Thx to Brownstoner, we found this handy map that someone has set up to track snow removal. Click on over to add your street if you feel like ranting some more.
Erica | 
Anyone totally fucking sick of this blizzard yet? Cause I sure as hell am.
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