Local pols are urging the Mamdani administration to map out how the city will deal with snow removal in the future — as mountains of week-old flakes continued to block crosswalks, cover bus stops and even thwart emergency responders.

Staten Island Council Member Frank Morano called for the creation of a clear, citywide “map of responsibility” for snow cleanup in obscure locations, where city agencies allegedly traded blame for the delayed removal in the aftermath of January’s massive storm.

“In too many cases, agencies were bouncing responsibility back and forth while residents waited for hazardous conditions to be addressed,” Morano wrote in a Friday letter to Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Big Apple pols are urging the city to revamp its vague policies regarding snow removal responsibilities. Matthew McDermott

“That’s not a personnel issue – it’s a systems issue,” he wrote. “We owe New Yorkers a clearer, faster response the next time a storm hits.” 

The councilman described several instances of dragged-out responses to snow complaints as agencies tried to pass the buck to each other, including regarding an MTA subway station, a state-owned lot maintained by the city Department of Transportation and a “park-and-ride” location owned by the NYPD.

In one instance, Morano said the MTA told his office that the transit authority only removes snow and ice from the staircases and sidewalks near subway entrances, and that it was up to the DOT to clear the rest.

But the DOT claimed the onus actually fell on the MTA or the Department of Sanitation, Morano said.

“Ultimately DSNY addressed it, but that means they were not addressing another complaint somewhere else,” Morano’s office said, adding that a separate issue on Huguenot Avenue was delayed while agencies determined who was responsible – and, in the meantime, resulted in dangerous ice freezing over on the sidewalk.

In too many cases, agencies were bouncing responsibility back and forth while residents waited for hazardous conditions to be addressed,” Morano said. Michael McWeeney

“If all of the agencies were on the same page and it was clearly displayed someplace,” Morano said, “we could dedicate our time to making sure each agency was doing their part — rather than having to investigate which agency is responsible and then hoping they know or acknowledge that they are responsible.”

Mamdani has faced criticism over the response to the storm, including from some of his Democratic Socialists of America allies in the City Council.

The confusion prompted Brooklyn Council Member Simcha Felder to call for an immediate hearing on DSNY’s response.

But fellow Brooklyn Council Member Lincoln Restler said he was “exploring legislation” to shift more snow removal duties onto the city, and away from private property owners.

Snow piles continue to block bus access more than a week after Jan. 25’s winter storm. Paul Martinka

Those New Yorkers are responsible for clearing sidewalks, including those with bus stops, city reps confirmed — though that responsibility shifts to the DOT if a bus stop has a shelter.

Private owners were fined roughly 1,900 times for snow and ice conditions since the Jan. 25 storm — but the city doesn’t fine itself when it breaks its own slippery sidewalk rules.

“While property owners are required to clear a path to crosswalks, it’s evident that the current policies are too ambiguous and leave families, seniors, and individuals with disabilities stranded,” Restler said in a newsletter to constituents Tuesday. 

“New Yorkers primarily walk to get around,” Restler added, “and a week after a storm, no one should have to be summiting mounds of snow just to cross the street.”