pathetic plowing attempt. >> well, for a city that prides itself on its ability to respond, this week's holiday blizzard has left many new yorkers wondering why it took days for them to dig out of the snow, basically days after the blizzard hit. >> reporter: allegations and accusations swept through the big apple just days after a monster blizzard blanketed roadways and runways clogging neighborhoods and stranding thousands of travelers. at issue, whether new york city's sanitation workers were ordered to intentionally delay clean-up efforts ahead of budget cuts to the department. >> i don't think it took place, but we're going to do an investigation to make sure that it didn't. it would be an outrage if it took place, but i just don't know. >> reporter: the rumors reached a fever pitch after a city councilman said three sanitation workers and two other state supervisors contacted him.