If the only people clearing the streets are doing it in front of buildings they control - how do the people who need tondo the cleaning get to the building to clean it?
This was an exceptional storm, not a weekly occurrence, and proving damages for a single day will be difficult. And a fine won’t mean much 4 months from now when they pay up.
What NYC needed was an immediate fix during a crisis.
If every tenant can sue their landlord for lost wages for the day, the landlords themselves will shell out the 30, or even 50 bucks to clear the snow, on short notice. Again, asking for a serious study (not a lemmy what-if) is not a crazy request, maybe they can be even better prepared next time.
A few problems with that solution:
If the only people clearing the streets are doing it in front of buildings they control - how do the people who need tondo the cleaning get to the building to clean it?
This was an exceptional storm, not a weekly occurrence, and proving damages for a single day will be difficult. And a fine won’t mean much 4 months from now when they pay up.
What NYC needed was an immediate fix during a crisis.
If every tenant can sue their landlord for lost wages for the day, the landlords themselves will shell out the 30, or even 50 bucks to clear the snow, on short notice. Again, asking for a serious study (not a lemmy what-if) is not a crazy request, maybe they can be even better prepared next time.