Long Island towns, cities, villages mop up after storm
By John Asbury
Long Beach officials held a special meeting Tuesday to retroactively declare a state of emergency from Saturday’s storm.
The city is still clearing snow from streets, using 45 pieces of equipment, including 13 sanders and salt to melt ice. Residential streets were still being plowed Tuesday, city spokesman Gordon Tepper said.
City workers monitored tidal surges along the canal streets and the northern bay front to Reynolds Channel but Long Beach did not sustain significant flooding during the storm.
In declaring the state of emergency, city officials cited the record snowfall, high tide flooding and gusts up to 55 mph during the height of the storm. The decision follows Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s declaration Saturday across Long Island.
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