Finding homes for snow piles in Farmingdale

Farmingdale Mayor Ralph Ekstrand said a crew of 10 plow drivers worked throughout the storm to clear the village's 23 miles of roads and nine parking lots.

"Most of the village is down to black top," he said.

He said the village is now receiving complaints about high piles of snow that crews have scattered throughout the village to deal with the intense accumulation.

"The biggest problem is: Where do you put 21 inches of snow?" Ekstrand said. "They're doing the best they can."

John Tassone, Oyster Bay's chief deputy commissioner of public works, said the town's 275 plow drivers first focused on making its 700 miles of residential roads passable for emergency vehicles and are now working on clearing roads curb to curb. Vehicles parked on the side of the street are creating challenges in that effort, he said.

"Before the end of the week, hopefully we're fully clear," Tassone said.

By Joseph Ostapiuk

joseph.ostapiuk@newsday.com@OstapiukJ