Sanitation Department's slow snow cleanup was a budget protest

[BoogyMan]

What a bunch of dirtbags!



Link (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sanit_filthy_snow_slow_mo_qH57MZwC53QKOJlekSSDJK)

These garbage men really stink.

Selfish Sanitation Department bosses from the snow-slammed outer boroughs ordered their drivers to snarl the blizzard cleanup to protest budget cuts -- a disastrous move that turned streets into a minefield for emergency-services vehicles, The Post has learned.

Miles of roads stretching from as north as Whitestone, Queens, to the south shore of Staten Island still remained treacherously unplowed last night because of the shameless job action, several sources and a city lawmaker said, which was over a raft of demotions, attrition and budget cuts.

"They sent a message to the rest of the city that these particular labor issues are more important," said City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Queens), who was visited yesterday by a group of guilt-ridden sanitation workers who confessed the shameless plot.

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[jimnyc]

And this is how good they drive when they ARE working! LOL

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[fj1200]

What a bunch of dirtbags!

Well the Dems do want us to be more like France. Nothing like a public union strike to hold the country, or city, hostage.

[Nukeman]

This is the problem you get with UNIONIZED city/state employee's... If this was a private contractor then the contract would be pulled and they would be banned from further gov't contracts. These union "IDIOTS" should all be held accountable for the deaths that occured due to inaccessable roads for EMS services.. These thugs are soley responsible for those problems..

F@#king IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jeff]

This is the problem you get with UNIONIZED city/state employee's... If this was a private contractor then the contract would be pulled and they would be banned from further gov't contracts. These union "IDIOTS" should all be held accountable for the deaths that occured due to inaccessable roads for EMS services.. These thugs are soley responsible for those problems..

F@#king IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nuke I worked for the State of NJ for about 15 years and snow plowing was when we where important and yes we had a union , but in the contract we where not allowed to strike during the winter months just for this reason, also when I was there we had a certain amount of time to have the roads passable after the snow quit or the state was liable, easiest law suit to win is against the Gov.

Jim that loader hiting the car is wrong, but I remember working on the GSP and they called a state of emergency, we had from Clark( where the yard was) to Metro park exit over 100 cars just left there cause they couldn't get threw, during a state of emergency we where told to do what we had to to open all lanes of traffic, yes we did plow some cars right on up in the snow banks

[Gaffer]

This is the problem you get with UNIONIZED city/state employee's... If this was a private contractor then the contract would be pulled and they would be banned from further gov't contracts. These union "IDIOTS" should all be held accountable for the deaths that occured due to inaccessable roads for EMS services.. These thugs are soley responsible for those problems..

F@#king IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree with you Nuke, and I think all the union higher ups and anyone responsible for roads that weren't plowed and resulted in a death should be charged with murder. They are all accessories.

[BoogyMan]

We will likely hear many more stories like this one as a result of this "protest." They should string up the union bosses that called for this.


A 3-month-old Queens boy was left brain dead last night after snow-clogged routes prevented medics from reaching him quickly -- and unplowed streets later forced the EMS workers to ditch their ambulance and sprint with the ailing baby to the hospital.

As little Addison Reynoso hovered at death's door, a priest performed last rites, and his family considered pulling him off life support.

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[red states rule]

Unlike the NY Times, some new outlets are reporting the story

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/category/video-on-demand-news/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=5435804&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

[Jeff]

Unlike the NY Times, some new outlets are reporting the story

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/category/video-on-demand-news/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=5435804&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Sounds like someone is going to have some explaining to do

[red states rule]

Sounds like someone is going to have some explaining to do

Given who the voters put into office in Bew York, how can anyone expect anything to happen

The best thing people can do is LEAVE NEW YORK FOR GOOD

Then there will be even less money for the union thungs to suck up from the taxpayers

[red states rule]

and the NY Times is, of course, defending the union thugs calling any evidence on a work slowdown "scant"




Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that disgruntled sanitation workers sabotaged the cleanup after the blizzard last week that left some neighborhoods snowbound for days, people who have been briefed on the inquiry said Tuesday.

The investigation is focusing on whether there was a work slowdown and, if so, whether it was an effort to pad overtime. If the actions took place, two of those people said, they could constitute wire fraud or wire fraud conspiracy, both federal crimes. Both people spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing.

The inquiry, which began last week, is being conducted by the Public Integrity Section in the office of United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch, which will work with the city’s Department of Investigation, one of the people said. The city investigators also began looking into possible efforts to sabotage the cleanup last week.

“We’re taking a look at this,” one of the people said, adding that the inquiry was in its earliest stages. It was reported Monday night by WCBS-TV News.

City officials have said that the cleanup’s primary obstacle was the large number of vehicles stuck in the middle of streets, which left many impassable to snow plows.

Critics have said that the Bloomberg administration’s choice not to declare a snow emergency or to ask sooner for private-sector help, as well as the city transit agency’s delay in invoking a full-scale emergency plan, meant that thousands of cars, trucks and buses remained mired in snow-clogged streets.

Evidence to support rumors that some sanitation workers intentionally slowed their efforts has been scant. The leaders of the two unions that represent sanitation workers and supervisors have denied that a slowdown occurred, as have Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the Sanitation Department’s commissioner, John J. Doherty. All would have a vested interest in deflecting blame for the problems.

City Councilman Daniel J. Halloran, a Republican of Queens, was quoted in The New York Post on Thursday saying that supervisors, bitter over recent demotions and staff reductions, told their workers to “not do the plowing of some of the major arteries in a timely manner.”

In a telephone interview that day, Mr. Halloran said three sanitation workers, including one whom he had long known and who had worked on his election campaign, told him that the message from their supervisors was not quite so explicit. They were told they would not be closely monitored and should not overwork themselves, he said, adding that the message was subtle to avoid a violation of the state’s Taylor Law, which bars public-sector unions from going on strike.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/nyregion/05storm.html?_r=1&hp