By: Peter Babinsky

City snow plow drivers are accused of slamming into at least five parked cars during and after a recent snowstorm — and then leaving the scene — sparking outrage from vehicle owners who say they were left with thousands of dollars in damage and little accountability. As the New York Post reported, police sources and multiple car owners claim the incidents unfolded across the Bronx and Queens in the hours following the heavy snowfall.

The alleged plow mishaps read like a hit-and-run rap sheet.

One Bronx woman told police that an NYC Sanitation Department truck struck her parked car near Netherland Avenue and West 236th Street on Jan. 26 — and then drove off without stopping. Hours later, another woman reported that a city snow plow smashed into her vehicle near Brookside Street and 38th Avenue in Little Neck, Queens, just after midnight that same night, according to sources cited by the New York Post.

By the following morning, a third driver said a plow clipped his rear bumper at 77th Avenue and 226th Street in Bayside around 8:50 a.m. He, like the others, told police he had video evidence of the collision.

One of the most frustrated victims, Rodica Chiacu, 63, said she discovered the damage to her 2022 Range Rover while trying to clear snow alongside her husband on Jan. 26. The vehicle had been parked on 236th Street between Netherland Avenue and Johnson Avenue in the Bronx.

Security footage obtained by the New York Post shows a city Sanitation truck making a tight right turn, striking Chiacu’s SUV, and then continuing on — even as nearby building workers attempted to flag down the driver.

“How can you do that?” Chiacu said. “You work for the city. I have a good car. I’m very upset.”

In Queens, another car owner — who asked to remain anonymous — shared video showing his 2017 Nissan Rogue being sideswiped by a snow plow at the corner of 50th Avenue and 63rd Street in Elmhurst around 2 p.m. on Jan. 26. The footage shows the massive plow scraping along the vehicle’s left rear side as it attempted to turn too sharply, the Post reported.

“I didn’t witness it myself, but my neighbor did,” the 45-year-old said. “It tore through the whole bumper and the tires as well.”

The damage couldn’t have come at a worse time. The Queens resident said he does not carry collision insurance and is now facing costly repairs — including a new bumper and tires. While frustrated, he admitted he bore some responsibility for parking on a corner during a snow emergency.

“I feel stupid,” he said. “I knew I shouldn’t be parking on the right-hand side. I had no other options.”

Another Queens resident, Mosharaf Hussain, 63, said his 2010 Lexus sedan was struck by a plow around 1 a.m. on Jan. 26 while parked on 56th Street in Maspeth. Video shows the plow rocking the car and ripping off part of the bumper before driving away, according to footage reviewed by the New York Post.

“He backed up, then he went again and that’s when he hit my car,” Hussain said. “I’ve never had a problem like this before.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Sanitation said anyone whose car is damaged by a plow should file a claim with the City Comptroller’s Office. DSNY spokesman Joshua Goodman defended the agency’s storm response, no