Newark Residents Bemoan City's Snow Plowing Response After Storm

Our question… are you happy with the plowing done in your neighborhood?

Newark residents shared their answers to this query on our Facebook post asking about local snow removal. Here are some of the answers, as posted by our readers:

• Lorraine Rudzinski Lukas: “East Newark Ironbound I haven’t seen one yet.”
• Martha Mercer Larson: “South 8th st south of Central - barely passable.”
• Ruth Manderson Hoernig: “Central ward...no plows in sight yet.”
• Maria A Fernandes: “No... North Newark needs a lot of work.”
• Nilda Enid Lopez: “Not at all...”
• Raquel Seg: “Nope.”

See the original Facebook post and add your opinion at the Patch Newark site here.

Other Newark residents across the city reported similar snow removal issues.

“I live on Ferry Street, which is a main street, and I didn’t see any plows come through until midday,” one Newark resident told ABC 7 New York. “It wasn’t done yesterday, just happened midday… I think it’s pretty bad.”

In a recent City of Newark Facebook post, residents sounded off on Mayor Ras Baraka’s comment:

“We were hit hard by this storm,” Baraka wrote. “Almost 3 feet of snow. I want to thank Newarkers for all of their help and their patience. We will keep working until this is done!”

Watch Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speak about the recent travel ban in the city and the municipal response to the snow during a press conference on Monday.