The December Blizzard of 2010: Evaluating the City’s Response
As evidenced by the widespread problems that occurred in the wake of last month’s blizzard, the City’s response and clean-up efforts were not anywhere near up to the standards that New Yorkers are accustomed to. To help us better understand what went wrong and what we need to do to prevent such problems from happening again, the New York City Council has scheduled two oversight hearings. Please RSVP to each hearing you would like to attend to at the bottom of this page.
Monday, January 10th “The December Blizzard of 2010: Evaluating the City’s Response.”
11 a.m.
Emigrant Savings Bank
49-51 Chambers Street
Manhattan
Watch LIVE at http://council.nyc.gov/live We expect a large number of city officials and civic leaders to testify at the January 10th oversight hearing. To ensure that everyone has enough time to speak and to respond to our questions, please be advised that we will not be hearing oral testimony from the public that day.
Friday, January 14th “Evaluating the MTA’s Response to the December Blizzard of 2010” 10 a.m.
250 Broadway, 14th Floor Hearing Room
Manhattan
(PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE HEARD)
We have also scheduled a number of hearings around the five boroughs to provide as many New Yorkers as possible an opportunity to weigh in and share their snow-related concerns.
Staten Island Tuesday, January 18th
7:30 p.m.
The Michael J. Petrides School
715 Ocean Terrace
Brooklyn Wednesday, January 19th
6 p.m.
Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon Street
Manhattan Thursday, January, 20th
6 p.m.
Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building
163 West 125th Street, Room 8ABC
Queens Friday, January 21st
12 p.m.
Queens Borough Hall
120-55 Queens Boulevard Kew Gardens
Bronx Monday, January 24th
6 p.m.
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College, CUNY
Savoy Building D
120 East 149th Street
(between Walton and Gerard Avenues, west of Grand Concourse)
Southern Brooklyn This hearing has been cancelled. Please check back for future details.
Depending on the number of people who show up, oral testimony will be limited to two to three minutes so that everyone has a chance to speak. Written testimony may be any length, just please be sure to bring 15 copies.
