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Mechanics Union: Snow Light Yet 10% Of City Salt-Spreaders Broke Down

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 12/4/19

The president of the civil-service mechanics union said Dec. 3 that 10 percent of the Department of Sanitation’s salt-spreaders were out of commission at one point or another during the previous day’s snow.

Joe Colangelo, the head of Service Employees International Union Local 246, told this newspaper in October the city was not prepared to handle a major snowstorm because it was short on mechanics and overly reliant on outside contractors, who lacked the experience to handle the city’s specialized equipment.

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