This storm has now been ranked as the 17th biggest snowstorm in the city's history, with more than 16 inches in Central Park. But in general, while it was a lot of snow in a short amount of time, the cleanup has gone well. 

And we should give the de Blasio Administration credit for that because when the response doesn't go well a NYC mayor certainly gets the blame.

Which made us decide to look back at some big storms and how failed responses from City Hall wreaked havoc on the city.

First let's go back 52 years — one of the worst storm responses on record in 1969.

Forty-two people died and hundreds were injured after a nor'easter dumped 15 inches of snow. 

It's considered one of the biggest stains on the legacy of then-mayor John Lindsay who was heavily criticized for giving preferential cleanup treatment to Manhattan over Queens.  

Eastern Queens remained unplowed for more than a week. 

There were thousands stranded at JFK — helicopters had to airlift them food.  

Six days after the storm, the Times estimated that 50,000 tons of garbage had piled up across the city .

New Yorkers didn't hold a grudge, reelecting Lindsay that year, possibly thanks to the Met's winning the World Series.

More recently there was the blizzard of 2010 which dumped between 18 and 24 inches of snow and saw wind gusts up to 60 mph. 

Michael Bloomberg was mayor at the time and faced a flood of criticim about snow-clogged roads and lack of plows.

Airports shut down, so did communter rail lines. Many subway lines ground to a halt.

The Daily News wrote about hundreds of people spending the night in an airport terminal, Penn Station and even on an unheated A train in the Rockaways.

Bloomberg was seen as tone deaf in suggesting that New Yorkers should venture out to see a Broadway show. 

He later admitted that his administration’s response had been inadequate, and he pledged to hold himself and others accountable.

In more recent memory, five years ago, one of the biggest to ever storms hit the city, dumped nearly 27 inches  on Central Park and grinding the city to a halt.  

There was a vehicle travel ban, rail and subway service was closed or severely limited and Broadway theaters went dark.

Three people died shoveling on Staten Island and two in Queens, of apparent heart-related injuries.

It was a stronger and wetter storm than predicted causing 10,000 flight cancellations.

And in November 2018 the city was slammed with a much worse-than-forecast storm. 

At the the Port Authority more than 1,100 buses were canceled leaving thousands stranded.

The upper level of the George Washington Bridge was a parking lot after a 20-car pileup. Snow piled up on roads that went unplowed stalling city buses.

Mayor de Blasio came under heavy criticism, but insisted that he'd been caught off guard because the storm was much worse than forecast.

At Central Park, 6.4 inches of snow were recorded — not a lot — but the city said if it had known how bad it would be it would have  encouraged people to stay home.