Shovel Ready?

New York City Mayor Bloomberg is taking a beating for not getting the city's streets plowed fast enough after Sunday's blizzard, especially in the boroughs.  More than 1,000 comments have been posted on The New York Times' City Room Blog in response to the question "Has your street been plowed?"  To lead Times readers to the only possible answer the paper published photographs of the Mayor's East 79th Street block just hours after the snow ended next to a typical block in Brooklyn more than a day later.

East 79th Street, Manhattan

Himrod Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn.

At a press conference defending the city's response, Bloomberg, ever the plutocrat, didn't miss a beat.  As reported in The New York Times:

“The world has not come to an end,” he said. “The city is going fine. Broadway shows were full last night. There are lots of tourists here enjoying themselves. I think the message is that the city goes on.”

Mr. Mayor, a reporter demanded, do you regret the response to the snowstorm? Mr. Bloomberg’s look went deadpan.  “You know, I regret everything in this world,” he said.