Mayor Bloomberg Declares "Weather Emergency"
Wolfson Get It wrong
The mayor did not call for a snow emergency, he called for a weather emergency Weather Emergency is something the mayor made up that does not have all the rules of a snow emergency. We thought Wolfson job was communication
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if only it was that easy “@mauradeedy: Now that NYC has declared a snow emergency before a single flake, the storm will miss us completely.”(Twitter)
Bloomberg's Best and Brightest?
As the storm bore down on the city, there was no one in town of sufficient horsepower to make a call for a snow emergency.
"Deputy Mayor of Operations Goldsmith's refusal to answer a simple question at yesterday's City Council hearing on the Christmas-weekend blizzard breakdown clearly identified the cause of the chaos: Nobody was in charge when it mattered." -NYP)
No one in the administration had a clear idea as to who could call a "snow emergency" or a "state of emergency" or "what powers and actions such declarations would enable among city agencies."
The Sanitation Department cannot track progress by its plows, had no procedure for marshaling private contractors to help with plowing and failed to create a workforce of day laborers.
Mayor Still Will Not Tell Us When He is Out of Town Despite People Died Needlessly When He Left the City During Snow Storm. Vallone's is seeking legislation that will force City Hall to publicly identify precisely which deputy mayor is in charge whenever Bloomberg leaves the city. The administration, not surprisingly, bitterly opposes such a requirement.
Whereabouts: “The whereabouts of Mayor Michael Bloomberg during the storm have not been made public, and his aides will only say he remained in contact with City Hall.” (amNewYork)
Whereabouts: “The whereabouts of Mayor Michael Bloomberg during the storm have not been made public, and his aides will only say he remained in contact with City Hall.” (amNewYork)
Mike's vacuum
Bloomy's four snowblind mice Kept him in the dark on blizzard, council pols told(NYP) * Chilling EMS response times (NYP) * City's own 7 dwarves whistle as they shirk (NYP) * Mike's vacuum (NYP Ed) * City Officials Admit Mistakes in Response to Blizzard(NYT) * Flakes May Not Pile Up, but the Anxiety Will(NYT) * Goldsmith’s Other Bad Snow Day(NYT) * City Official Sees Mistakes in Snow Effort(WSJ) * Bloomberg's Team Admits Mistakes in Blizzard Response (WSJ)* Bloomberg administration faces music on flat-footed blizzard response at City Council inquisition(DN) * MTA may halt some subways during storms - N, Q, F, B * Administration Apologizes For Shortcomings At City Council Blizzard Hearing(NY1) * The Bloomberg administration on Monday admitted to a host of errors in its handling of the paralyzing snowstorm last month, describing a lack of preparation, confused lines of authority and an ignorance of on-the-ground conditions.
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Teacher Report Cards
Open schoolbooks on teacher grades: judge * Judge Rules New York City Can Disclose Names in Teacher Rankings; Union Plans to Appeal(NYT) * Union Loses on Teacher-Data Release(WSJ) * PCB Hunt Hits Two Schools(WSJ) * Education Officials Vow To Fix PCB Problem At Staten Island School(NY1)* The UFT plans to appeal a judge’s ruling that teachers’ performance rankings can be released to the public.
Coney Island cries foul on amusement giant Boardwalk businesses say Zamperla told them they had a chance to stay in Coney Island - while privately telling the city the company the opposite.(DN)
DeLay gets 3 years' prison(NYP) Law and Order DWI killer gets 15 years (NYP) * Companion Is Charged in Killing of Journalist in a Times Square Hotel(NYT) * Human-Trafficking Suspect Is Arrested While Gambling(NYT)* Drunk Driver Apologies for Killing Pregnant Mother (WSJ)* Creep's pal nabbed for taking pics of jurors during murder trial(DN) * Retired chief fire marshal accused of ramming cop car while drunk(DN) * Colombo mobster gets jail time for strip club shakedown(DN) * Mob lawyer high after grass rap is cut in plea deal(DN) * Police Seek Suspect In Manhattan Sexual Assault(NY1) * Nude maid on trial for murdering client (DN) * First Day Produces No Jurors For Wife Beheading Trial(NYT) * 14-year-old boy shot and killed in the Bronx(WABC) * Cops search for thief who mugged elderly woman inside Fulton Street station(NYP)
Media and New Tech Fox News Chief Roger Ailes says the network will tone down fiery rhetoric, defends Sarah Palin * Will Spitzer Get a New CNN Co-Host? (WSJ)
