Pothole City
Those lucky enough to catch to “The Call” on NY1 last night got to hear “Hirsch” from Brooklyn Heights say the following, in part: “My street is consumed with potholes and looks like a swiss cheese with no one taking responsibility. New York has fallen and can’t get up. Under this present mayor – New…
Those lucky enough to catch to “The Call” on NY1 last night got to hear “Hirsch” from Brooklyn Heights say the following, in part: “My street is consumed with potholes and looks like a swiss cheese with no one taking responsibility. New York has fallen and can’t get up. Under this present mayor – New York is no longer the greatest city – it is a third world country.” Anyhow, potholes are all over the news today, with the main story being that DOT-mandated furloughs mean potholes are taking longer to get filled. According to the Daily News: “Last month, it took on average 3.65 days to fill a pothole – compared with 1.42 days during the previous January, said DOT spokesman Seth Solomonow. He maintained that total manpower hours during the 10-week stretch in which furloughs are in effect is on par with last year, since 50 seasonal highway repairers moved to year-round posts.” Meanwhile, Brooklyn Heights Blog reports that the Manhattan-bound section of the Brooklyn Bridge will be closed during the afternoons today, tomorrow and Saturday for emergency pothole repair.
Furloughs Leave Cracks In City’s Pothole Repairs [NY1]
City Continues Furloughs for Workers [NY Daily News]
Bloomberg to City: Drop Dead (Into Street Potholes) [Runnin’ Scared]
Emergency Pothole Repair to Close Manhattan Bound Brooklyn Bridge Today Through Saturday [BHB]
Photo by dasmart.
I think I gave a coherent assessment of Bloomberg – and I doubt my criticisms would be in his talking points. I am an independent thinker based on a realistic view of facts.
Facts are; this city is doing fairly well (relative to historical and realistic norms – not some shangri-la you want to invent) – especially given what has happened in the economy
I think we can expect a certain level of professionalism in the city. Since we live in one of, if not the highest taxed cities, you should expect that the snow gets cleared, the garbage gets picked up and the potholes are filled. Hey,wasn’t Bloomberg the world-class manager- what happened to that, looks like the same old shody work and corruption of every other administration. Term limits were there for a reason.
I certainly don’t think NYC has a become “third world country” (which is a really stupid term as there are “third world” aspects to virtually every country) under Bloomberg. But he f-ked up the snow response, plain and simple. He deserves whatever derision he receives for that.
I’m not even going to get into the Cathie Black thing.
fsrq do you cut and paste your comments from Bloomberg Today?
You couldn’t actually like the man right? Or are you just a contrarian?
Let it snow, let it snow. Hirsch is a poor rep for mankind.
Minard do you cut and past your posts from the Working Family Parties Talking Points Binder or something?????
Bloomberg is more dictator than politician. He bought and paid for the election with his own money and he does not need anyone’s approval. That is good in some ways, but it is also bad because he really could not care less about average New Yorkers, especially those of us way over there in the Boros.
Brooklyn Whines! I live on a fairly short street (only 6 block long) in lower Manhattan, and the snow plows get to us last, rightly so. So far, every snowmageddon’s aftermath has delivered whiny outer-borough people complaining their little residential streets only got plowed that morning, usually a day or two before mine. The problem is not how long it takes to plow 6,000 miles of streets, or the order of priority (which is totally sensible); it’s the major chip on their shoulder, that they are slighted and unloved at every turn.
Give me snow and ice to block out the whine.
uggh. and I’m agreeing with fsrq again. I need another cup of coffee. 🙂