Upper East Siders Accuse De Blasio of Snow-tribution…Cuz there was traffic!

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Awwww...the poor, poor residents of the Upper East Side! During the height of the snowstorm yesterday, there was crazy traffic so the plows couldn't get through to do their job, and it was all Mayor De Blasio's fault and he probably did it on purpose because of all that "Tale of Two Cities" "Haves and Have Nots" business he blathered on about it during his campaign! From the New York Post:

“He is trying to get us back. He is very divisive and political,” said writer and Life-long Upper East Sider and mom Molly Jong Fast of Mayor de Blasio.

“By not plowing the Upper East Side, he is saying, ‘I’m not one of them.’ But we have everyone in this area on the Upper East Side. We have rich people, middle class people, and housing projects. We have it all.”

But, according to NBCNew York, it sounds like a clusterfuck of the snow, a disabled vehicle and a minor bus crash caused the unusually bad traffic. One guy said that cars spinning out on the Willis Avenue bridge ramp was part of the problem. 

So, quit your whining Upper East Side. A traffic jam during a very fast snowstorm does not seem like a huge shocker to me. Shit happens. How do your streets look this morning? I bet they're fine, what with NYC schools being open and all. Oh, and doesn't Mayor Bill live on the Upper East Side now???

Just as a reminder, when Bloomberg failed at plowing Brooklyn in 2010, it wasn't a traffic jam with streets cleared up by morning. It was cars stuck in the middle of streets for days. 

via NBCNewYork