NYC DOT survey of privately owned streets could end in takeover
They are the small, hidden sections of the city, and for many outer borough residents they are the streets of struggle.
The city will soon begin the process of surveying the hundreds of privately owned streets scattered across the five boroughs in an attempt to determine whether it should take over jurisdiction of the blocks.
The move comes as homeowners on these blocks, in areas of Sheepshead Bay, Bergen Beach, the Rockaways and elsewhere, have sought municipal help with maintenance and basic services amid rapidly deteriorating conditions.
Missy Haggerty is a fourth generation homeowner on Lake Avenue, a private road in Sheepshead Bay, and said she and her neighbors struggle every day with the most basic of needs.
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