The city should shovel your sidewalk

Grist
By benadlerFeb 21, 2014, 1:52 pm88 pts
It’s an odd fact of life in New York City that after a snowstorm the streets are nicely plowed but the sidewalks may remain a mess. The city dispatches trucks to clean the streets shortly after the snow stops falling. But the sidewalks? That’s up to the owners of the buildings alongside them. And if a…

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