A chastened mayor Bloomberg is scrambling to save his reputation as a top-flight manager after a string of snow-removal snafus left New Yorkers fuming.
Traveling to a snow-clogged Brooklyn, he acknowledged the anger of people whose streets haven’t been plowed – or whose lives were threatened by perilous delays in emergency response as ambulances sat stuck.
“I’m angry too,” he said. But insisted: “We cannot do everything all the time and we are doing the best we can.”
While acknowledging the need for a thorough review of the 911 system collapse during the storm, he largely defended city agencies.
Full story: Chastened Bloomberg fights to save reputation after string of snow-removal snafus