12/24/07 - "The last few winters, Metro-North hasn't shoveled their property in violation of an ordinance," says Port Chester police Sgt. Mark Braccio

Metro-North, Port Chester spar over clearing snow

The Journal News / Lohud.com, NY

By Caren Halbfinger at chalbfin@lohud.com or 914-594-5004.

Michael Elpern had a simple request. He wanted to avoid breaking his neck as he walked from his parking spot at the Port Chester train station to the train he takes to and from Manhattan. But a week after the first messy snowstorm of the season, this Port Chester resident still had to pick his way over mounds of snow and slippery ice-covered sidewalks. Someone wasn't doing his job.

Elpern called the village police ...

...Metro-North's response was, well, frosty. The railroad claims that it is not subject to the local law that requires abutting property owners to shovel or sweep their sidewalks along Broad Street...