NYC mayor City's snowstorm response

newport641 · Wysłany: Czw 8:33, 17 Mar 2011 Temat postu: NYC mayor City's snowstorm response

NYC mayor: City's snowstorm response unacceptable,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
NEW YORK – Mayor Michael Bloomberg acknowledged Thursday that the city's response to the blizzard that dropped 20 inches of snow was "inadequate and unacceptable" and said it would be reviewed, but he continued to be criticized,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], including by one politician sharing the spotlight with him.
At an event in Queens where Bloomberg gave an update on the cleanup to reporters, Queens borough President Helen Marshall took the microphone to say her residents need more help. "Where is the plow?" she said.
The city's cleanup efforts,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which left streets covered in snow days after the storm had finished, "was slower than anyone would have liked,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],Cleanup of oil-tainted Gulf Coast nears end," Bloomberg said.
He added, "Clearly the response to this storm has not met our standard or the standard that New Yorkers have come to expect from us."

He said the city decided on Christmas to have workers come in the next day, when the blizzard hit,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and that they had the staffing they needed. He denied that budget concerns kept the city from bringing in more resources.
"The budget had nothing to do with this. We thought we had an adequate number of people,NYC mayor City's snowstorm response, an adequate number amount of equipment, and the right training."
The blizzard struck days before 100 Sanitation Department supervisors in charge of coordinating the plowing fleet were scheduled to be demoted in a budget-cutting move.