Despite Queens Snow Woes, Nespoli Credits Sanitation Dept. for Response

Mayor John Lindsay was booed in February 1969 when his limousine got stuck in streets still blocked by snow, days after a nor’easter dropped 20 inches in Queens. “You should be ashamed of yourself,” one woman shouted. He gained re-election later that year only because he lost the Republican primary, allowing him to win on the Liberal line when the Democratic nominee divided the city’s conservative vote with his Republican opponent.

The storm that hit the city Jan. 25 brought back memories of that storm in sections of Queens that were still impassable two days later. Mayor de Blasio was mindful of that when he toured the borough.