Long Islanders frustrated with town responses in clearing snow

Crews continued to remove snow off the street with bulldozers in places like Levittown on Monday

News 12 Staff

Jan 31, 2022, 11:40 PM

Updated 999 days ago

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It’s been two days since Long Island was hit by a blizzard, and Long Islanders say the roads are still not in great shape.
The major roadways appear to be clear, but side streets remain messy.
“I understand there’s a lot to do and this was a severe snowfall, but I thought it would have been a little bit better,” says Massapequa resident Joe Halama.
Crews continued to remove snow off the street with bulldozers in places like Levittown on Monday. By the afternoon, blacktop was showing, and salt and sand was still being spread.
Some residents, however, didn’t want to wait.
Oceanside resident Jim Moreno, 75, says he was disappointed in the response and had to shovel the street in front of his house so he could park his car.
“I said, ‘I’m not going to wait, we have to get the car out and I’m going have to do the street,’” Moreno says.
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joe Saladino told News 12 in part, “Our town fleet has been out for three days straight pre-treating, plowing, clearing and again treating the more than 700 miles under our watch, under the stressful conditions brought about by this massive blizzard.”
Officials in the town of Hempstead told News 12 that “the progress will continue until the over 1,200 miles of town streets are cleared.”