It’s been 3 days since about two feet of snow fell on VivirLatino headquarters and the rest of my beloved NYC, and three 3 days later, I’m shaking my fist at the city and Mayor Bloomberg too.

I’ve seen my share of snowstorms in the big mango, I have been stranded at the airport because of them but this is by far the worse response I have seen by NYC in my 33 years of vida. I don’t know if this can be blamed on budget cuts, poor management or Bloomie just not giving a flying fuck in his third term.

Yesterday afternoon, I watched my vecinos in Corona carry baby strollers over their heads just to get across unplowed streets and a NYC bus (#23) seemed frozen in the same spot it had been since the storm began over the weekend.

At first it was easy to play this off as a simple poorer ‘hoods in the city getting the worse of it over better funded neighborhoods. Venturing into more middle class Rego Park proved this not to be the case. Most side streets were also unplowed, leading me to believe that it is the outer boroughs in general getting screwed. Just this morning in Rego Park, I witnessed an ambulance parked on the corner while the crew walked the person needing assistance through the snow covered street.

That said, the level of exaggeration on the part of the media is irritating to say the least. This morning, while scanning the news, I saw someone refer to the poor response by the city as Bloomberg’s Katrina (really? There are no brown bodies floating in the snow) and
City Councilman David Greenfield of Brooklyn was quoted as saying that:

“The whole world is laughing that the greatest city in the world cannot manage to clear the streets. New York today looks like a Third World country.”

Put on your damn boots and stfu.

Fotos / VivirLatino

Hyperbole Via / Gothamist