There is a lot of finger-pointing over a paving project in the city of Hoboken.

Mayor Ravi Bhalla says that the county paved over drainage pipes and impacted some sidewalks – but there is more to the story.

Hoboken resident David Radlin says there was never a time when he wasn’t concerned with flooding at his home on the 100 block of Park Avenue.

“It’s notorious for flooding, so obviously anything that goes on in the street I pay attention to,” Radlin says.

And he was paying extra attention when he noticed a construction company pave over his sump pump drain.

"The problem is being addressed. I am happy for that. They did mark some of the concrete so they're going to be raising the curbs a bit - get the curbs higher than the street now,” Radlin says.

Mayor Bhalla initially posted to X his frustration over the project. In a second post, the mayor outlined what he called three significant issues with Smith-Sondy Asphalt Construction Co. and Hudson County:

Bhalla says city officials started reaching out to the county last week about these problems, but at the time nothing was done.

Hudson County Executive Craig Guy told News 12 that repair work started this past Monday. He also said that one of the problems was the city’s blueprints.

"These were not on the original blueprints…I'm not excusing that these small pumps were covered over, but I will say this: we were down here - meaning Hudson County and the contractor - were down here immediately to fix the problem,” Guy says.

News 12 has reached out to Smith-Sondy for comment but did not hear back.

A Hudson County engineer said the pipes and street regrading are expected to be repaired by next week, weather permitting. There is no word yet on the main valves.