Brickbat: Walking in a Winter Wonderland
(Eddie Toro/Dreamstime)
A recent snow storm left long stretches of New York City's public sidewalks covered in snow and ice, making them more difficult for people to walk on safely, because the city doesn't automatically clear its own walkways—even though it requires private property owners to shovel the sidewalks in front of their buildings within a set time or face fines. City officials say they'll monitor and respond to complaints and sometimes send crews to clear trouble spots, but they note that government workers aren't fined or forced to clear their own snow.