With snow now settled across The Bronx, property owners are on the clock to clear sidewalks, hydrants and building entrances or risk fines from the Department of Sanitation.<\/p>\n
It’s a grueling but required task for landlords like Roc Bruncaj. The member of Small Property Owners of New York used a snowblower and shovel to dig out his property in Highbridge. <\/p>\n
“It\u2019s our responsibility to make sure nobody hurts themselves and that the paths are clear,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Bruncaj says clearing snow isn\u2019t just about avoiding tickets \u2014 it\u2019s about keeping neighbors safe. The landlord also helped an 80-year-old neighbor who was snowed in and unable to clear the sidewalk on his own.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe obviously doesn\u2019t have the ability to do it, so I figured I\u2019d chip in and give a helping hand,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Even for those who enjoy winter weather, the record-breaking snowfall made cleanup a challenge. City officials remind property owners they are also responsible for clearing snow around fire hydrants. The Department of Sanitation says enforcement begins once the city\u2019s snow removal deadline passes.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With snow now settled across The Bronx, property owners are on the clock to clear sidewalks, hydrants and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[31286,128,9,24,4303,63,8555,55360,40488,19641,50523,34018,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-143461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-blizzard","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-new-york-city-department-of-sanitation","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-snow","15":"tag-snow-aftermath","16":"tag-snow-cleanup","17":"tag-snow-removal","18":"tag-snow-shoveling","19":"tag-snowstorm","20":"tag-the-bronx","21":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","22":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}