Metro

Stranded LIers blast snowstorm response

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Snow-choked Long Islanders — many still trapped in their homes — blasted the official response to Winter Storm Nemo’s wrath yesterday.

With major portions of Suffolk County still sitting under up to 3 feet of icy rubble, those living on unplowed streets were still unable to exit their front doors or back out of their driveways yesterday.

“I haven’t seen a single plow today,” fumed Carlos Carreras, 43, of Mount Sinai. “There are a lot of people stuck in their houses, including the elderly and children. This response has been unsatisfactory. They didn’t even start plowing until the storm was over.”

Other residents had uncomfortable flashbacks to Hurricane Sandy as they repeatedly dialed information hot lines only to be met with busy signals and clueless operators.

“There was a little bit of deja vu with Sandy,” said Larry Herzberg of Commack. “You had the feeling that you were forgotten. This is the worst response I can recall.”

Hundreds of cars remained strewn across Suffolk County yesterday, hampering relief efforts. Some motorists who were forced to abandon their vehicles after being caught in the storm’s grip Friday night tried to retrieve them yesterday.

“I came back out to see if I could get to it but there was no way. You can’t even get on the street,” said Miguel Herrera, 24, a landscaper from Medford.

He said he spent hours in his vehicle before walking two miles to his house during a lull in the storm.

With major roads still shut down yesterday — including a 27-mile stretch of the Long Island Expressway — Suffolk officials told drivers to stay put.

Forced to tow away cars blocking their path during cleanup efforts, cops set up a hot line for owners looking for their vehicles.

Those who opted to drive out into the chaos found themselves slipping and sliding in a game of real-life bumper cars as police reported an uptick in accidents.

Hoping to alleviate the Suffolk County crisis, Gov. Cuomo deployed more than 600 pieces of snow-removal equipment and roughly 1,000 workers to the hardest-hit areas.

The extra crews will assist overwhelmed town-government crews who are responsible for plowing Suffolk County streets.

While New York City was spared the brunt of the storm, officials yesterday reported a spate of manhole fires across Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan that resulted in hundreds of power outages.

Nemo claimed a total of nine lives across New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut.

The toll includes an 11-year-old boy who died from carbon-monoxide poisoning Saturday in Dorcester, Mass., while sitting in his dad’s car.

Nearly 50,000 Long Island Power Authority customers lost power during the storm and 2,400 were still without electricity yesterday afternoon.

LIRR service was up and running yesterday — thanks to track-clearing efforts (pictured) — except for some eastern portions of Long Island. Metro-North had two of its three lines functioning, with service north of Stamford still down.

Apart from in an increase in local trains, all subway lines were running normally yesterday and are expected to be fully functional for today’s commute.

A total of 13 school districts will be closed tomorrow on Long Island, and most Connecticut schools will also remain shuttered.

Meanwhile, residents of the five boroughs continued to revel in their powdery playground yesterday as sledders swarmed Prospect and Central parks.