For fiscal year 2017, the city budgeted $88 million for snow removal and has already spent $26 million. But yesterday’s dump of the white stuff could bring that number up to $54 million. DNAinfo reports that Comptroller Scott Stringer estimates it could cost NYC taxpayers between $19.9 and $27.9 million to dig out from Winter Storm Niko, which is based on the average of $1.99 million per inch of snow that the city has paid over the past 14 years. Though parts of Queens got close to eight inches of snow, Central Park saw only five and most of Brooklyn between five […]
It may cost NYC taxpayers up to $28M to clean up yesterday’s snow storm : 6sqft
