Mayor Bloomberg never felt infrastructure was a no 1 priority. Not number 2, 3, 4 -- actually Team Bloomberg pushed a zone busting Tsunami of community crushing development on old NY's infrastructures.
Amanda the People's Burden worst and most evil city planner commissioner, DEP, dollar bill Dan Doctoroff when he was employed in Mike's public empire all refused to slow down and put safety first.
I even wrote Con Ed and asked them to tell Mike Bloomberg to slow down and put safety first. They did not.