Friday, February 16, 2007
Bloomberg Apologizes, Waives Parking Tickets
Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized on Friday to drivers all over the city who were outraged that parking rules were upheld during this week's winter storm, resulting in thousands of tickets on stuck cars.
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience to people," he said, "but you've got to make decisions and try things and each storm is different." Bloomberg added that the tickets would be thrown out.
A day earlier, Bloomberg had dismissed drivers' complaints as mere laziness.
"This was not a lot of snow. It was easy to move your car," he told reporters on Thursday. "I don't like to get up early in the morning and have to do anything either -- I'd like to sleep in, too."
During snowstorms, the city often suspends what are known as alternate side of the street parking regulations. The rules dictate on which side of the street drivers can park at certain times during the day, a schedule that allows cleaning vehicles to sweep along the curbs.
The rules were not suspended for Wednesday's storm. Although just a few inches fell, the combination of sleet, snow and ice formed rigid crusts around curbs and vehicles in some parts of the city, and many motorists could not chip it away to get their cars out.
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_047144021.html
Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized on Friday to drivers all over the city who were outraged that parking rules were upheld during this week's winter storm, resulting in thousands of tickets on stuck cars.
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience to people," he said, "but you've got to make decisions and try things and each storm is different." Bloomberg added that the tickets would be thrown out.
A day earlier, Bloomberg had dismissed drivers' complaints as mere laziness.
"This was not a lot of snow. It was easy to move your car," he told reporters on Thursday. "I don't like to get up early in the morning and have to do anything either -- I'd like to sleep in, too."
During snowstorms, the city often suspends what are known as alternate side of the street parking regulations. The rules dictate on which side of the street drivers can park at certain times during the day, a schedule that allows cleaning vehicles to sweep along the curbs.
The rules were not suspended for Wednesday's storm. Although just a few inches fell, the combination of sleet, snow and ice formed rigid crusts around curbs and vehicles in some parts of the city, and many motorists could not chip it away to get their cars out.
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_047144021.html
Comments:
outrageous Bloomberg CHUTZPA
HI
I am over 50 years of age , born and raised in Brooklyn, been a driver with a safe and clean record since age of 18.
Never in the history of NYC did we have such a mean, cruel, evil, selfish, lying, statistic twisting, and I would even go as far as saying '' TRIPPLE F''..... Fake.... Foney .....and Fraud, like this wicked Mayor M. Bloomberg.
Please see the photos attached, was taken Thu and Fri Feb 15 and 16 '07.
after the snow storm, can anyone even start to think and imagine that ulternate side parking for street cleaning was I N E F F E C T .....
As mayor og NYC he has managed to put many Mom and Pop stores out of business, by having 4 or 5 different city agencies issueing fines of all kinds, at all hours of day or night.
Lets voice our oppinions against this eveil ''thing''
(EVIL FLOURISHES WHEN GOOD PEOPLE SAY NOTHING)
PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS .
THANKS
A CONCERNED BROOKLYN RESIDENT
HI
I am over 50 years of age , born and raised in Brooklyn, been a driver with a safe and clean record since age of 18.
Never in the history of NYC did we have such a mean, cruel, evil, selfish, lying, statistic twisting, and I would even go as far as saying '' TRIPPLE F''..... Fake.... Foney .....and Fraud, like this wicked Mayor M. Bloomberg.
Please see the photos attached, was taken Thu and Fri Feb 15 and 16 '07.
after the snow storm, can anyone even start to think and imagine that ulternate side parking for street cleaning was I N E F F E C T .....
As mayor og NYC he has managed to put many Mom and Pop stores out of business, by having 4 or 5 different city agencies issueing fines of all kinds, at all hours of day or night.
Lets voice our oppinions against this eveil ''thing''
(EVIL FLOURISHES WHEN GOOD PEOPLE SAY NOTHING)
PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS .
THANKS
A CONCERNED BROOKLYN RESIDENT
Comment Credit ---This article posted by 
: February 18, 2007 12:10 AM
: February 18, 2007 12:10 AM
On Thursday when 311 received thousands of calls complaining about the ALT Side parking DECREE, the mayor/dictator had no choice but to apologize for his evel and ignorant statement he made on thursday saying
"This is how it is, if you don't like it move out of the city"
We should all start calling 311 with every thing he does & is not considerate to the community in general or keeps pleasing his fraudulent politicians.
Remember
CALL 311 as often as you can
"This is how it is, if you don't like it move out of the city"
We should all start calling 311 with every thing he does & is not considerate to the community in general or keeps pleasing his fraudulent politicians.
Remember
CALL 311 as often as you can
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : February 18, 2007 12:18 AM
: February 18, 2007 12:18 AM
If memory serves, 311 is an inovation of the Bloomberg "evil regime"
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Comment Credit ---This article posted by : February 20, 2007 5:58 PM
: February 20, 2007 5:58 PM
