Snow on Sidewalks

The City of White Plains never fully comes to grips with the simple task of snow removal on sidewalks.  When it snows the city should see to it that the snow is removed from the sidewalks.  Seems pretty clear to me.

Notice that I did not mention roads.  Clearing the roads is an imperative in WP.  Cars are king.  Move 'em, park 'em.  Park 'em, move 'em.

It is Sunday morning.  More snow is falling.  Friday we had the first significant pre-winter snowfall.  Saturday afternoon I went out, intending to walk along the east side of Bloomingdale Road from Maple Ave. to Bryant Ave., then east on Bryant to North Street.  This route allows me to walk along the woods and not cross any streets, although getting there by crossing Bloomingdale Road at Maple is akin to crossing an interstate highway.

Unfortunately, almost all of the sidewalk on the east side of Bloomingdale Road from Maple to Bryant had not had the snow removed.  The north side of Bryant was cleared up to Bryant Estates where there was no a hint of any effort to remove snow.  Walking west on the south side of Bryant near the Bryant Garden Coop was OK because the coop had cleared the snow.  Then I reached the sidewalk adjacent to property owned by the City of White Plains.  It had not been cleared: all the way to Mamaroneck Ave AND along Mamaroneck Ave south to the beginning of the Burke Rehab property, which had cleared its sidewalks.  Only the city was negligent in this area.

This city property if the fake park on the southeast corner of Bryant and Mamaroneck Ave.  There is a sign at the corner but no real entrance.  I think WP keeps the park land a secret so that the city can attempt to shake down the hospital for more land in exchange for allowing the hospital to develop other parts of its property but that's just a guess.

1. Why does the City of White Plains not at least clear the sidewalk adjacent to its own land?  That's pretty basic stuff.  Does the city issue summonses to itself?

2. Why are private property owners allowed to leave snow and ice on the sidewalks adjacent to their stores, homes, places of worship, etc.?

The mayor lives in a downtown apartment but all the other Common Council members live in houses in the WP suburbs and they only care about driving into downtown to shop, eat and possibly go to a movie.  If they actually walked around downtown where most WP residents live they might develop some minimal appreciation of the dynamics of living in a downtown administered and governed by non-residents who always drive and never walk there.