With the post-Christmas blizzard behind him, Mayor Bloomberg praised his administration’s response to today’s snowstorm, saying that the 8.8 inches that fell on the city caused few problems. Here, the Statue of Liberty is pictured with a blanket of snow around its base.
VIDEO: New York Survives Another Storm
Kai Simonsen
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Central Park blanketed by the eight inches of snow. Bloomberg, who had come under heavy criticism for what he called an “inadequate” effort to clean up from last month’s blizzard, vowed last week that they would see better results this time around.
VIDEO: New York Survives Another Storm
Kai Simonsen
Brooklyn’s Utica Avenue and Avenue D were all cleaned before the mayor’s press conference, where he declared: “By midday we expect every street in the city to have received at least one pass of the plow.” He added that he was lifting the weather emergency declaration put in place Tuesday night.
VIDEO: New York Survives Another Storm
Kai Simonsen
