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Mamdani admin. fails to attract any shovelers for hours at NYC site
New York Post ^ | Feb. 22, 2026, 5:40 p.m. ET | Kevin Sheehan, Fenix Suriel and Ronny Reyes

Posted on 02/23/2026 2:58:52 AM PST by Olog-hai

S’no thank you.

The Mamdani administration failed for hours to attract any emergency shovelers at one Queens garage Sunday — while planning to try to dig out New Yorkers with a fourth of the force the city used for its last mega-storm.

Despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s widespread attempted promotion of the city’s public-fueled emergency shoveling program, a sign-up sheet at the Maspeth Sanitation garages was empty, city workers told The Post during a visit late Sunday morning.

“I haven’t seen anybody sign up yet today. No, no one,” the employee said.

There were also no signs of shovelers lining up for work at 299 South St. at a Sanitation garage on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Workers there declined comment to The Post. …

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Humor; Local News; Weather
KEYWORDS: blizzard; freestuffisntfree; gettingitgoodandhard; islamosocialist; kathyhochul; lol; mamdani; newyork; newyorkcity; nyc; ohnoanyway; snowshovelers; spendaholics; yourwishisgranted; youvotedforthislol; zohranmamdani; zoltarspeaks; zoltarwisdom
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To: Olog-hai

Dipshit commands zero loyalty.


61 posted on 02/23/2026 6:35:45 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: chuckee

The people with the sob stories in the story last week about standing in line at the free grocery store don’t appear to have shown up to earn money to pay for their own groceries


62 posted on 02/23/2026 6:36:18 AM PST by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Olog-hai

“We don hahb any chabulls, man.”


63 posted on 02/23/2026 6:36:36 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The Supreme Court Sucks. Time for the old dinosaur to go along with the U.N. and NATO.)
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To: blackdog

“He is missing the most important piece.”

...so far. Remember, there are still tons of MAGA types there, maybe a low percentage, but plenty to “serve the people”.


64 posted on 02/23/2026 6:43:36 AM PST by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: BobL

...so far. Remember, there are still tons of MAGA types there, maybe a low percentage, but plenty to “serve the people”.


Yes, During the Revolutionary War, some were patriots, some were loyalists, many didn’t get involved (just wrote drive by posts on FR complaining).

The percentages are of great debate but the patriots were definitely the minority.


65 posted on 02/23/2026 6:51:36 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Libloather

Snow job=no jobs!


66 posted on 02/23/2026 6:53:09 AM PST by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! There's maybe a little bit )
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To: Olog-hai

Not shovel ready.


67 posted on 02/23/2026 7:17:56 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Steven Tyler

Under communism, the state shows up with armed troops, hands out shovels to the unwashed, and tells them to get to work or else. Hasn’t anyone seen feels of what it was like under Stalin or Mao?


68 posted on 02/23/2026 7:18:29 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: AZJeep

LOL. Good one.


69 posted on 02/23/2026 7:19:00 AM PST by Starboard
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To: cableguymn

Post of the Day!


70 posted on 02/23/2026 7:21:17 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Sirius Lee

Most of the “Progress” in the Soviet Union came on the backs on slave labor.


71 posted on 02/23/2026 7:21:30 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: DownInFlames

Exactly. People think Communism is all about getting free stuff. It’s anything but.


72 posted on 02/23/2026 7:22:49 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Libloather

Enjoy the suck.


73 posted on 02/23/2026 7:23:15 AM PST by Lazamataz (The quickest and easiest way to untold riches is to be elected to national office.)
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To: Olog-hai

If everything is free why do they need to work?


74 posted on 02/23/2026 7:25:21 AM PST by cp124 (Bring back the Constitution.)
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To: Olog-hai

in a communist state, everybody expects someone else to shovel snow ...


75 posted on 02/23/2026 7:43:48 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: catnipman

In Russia, snow shovels you.


76 posted on 02/23/2026 7:45:27 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: EVO X

“When you get 2 feet of snow you need snow throwers and bobcats to clear out snow”

except that in a communist state there are no snow throwers and bobcats, just shovels ...


77 posted on 02/23/2026 7:45:44 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: NetAddicted

KIDS DO NOT HAVE 5 DIFFERENT KINDS OF ID


78 posted on 02/23/2026 7:46:22 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Qiviut

“Mamdani held a press conference to announce he was declaring a state of emergency ahead of the winter storm, saying all city streets, highways and bridges will be closed to non-emergency traffic starting at 9 p.m. Sunday and remaining in effect until noon Monday. The blanket restriction applies to all vehicles, including cars, trucks, scooters and e-bikes, with narrow exemptions granted only for essential emergency movements and critical service workers.”

NYC must have turned into a city of soy boys and girls: that kind of response to a few inches of snow is laughable to the parts of the country that routinely deal with foots of snow ...


79 posted on 02/23/2026 7:48:55 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Olog-hai

If the homeless bums were hungry they would shovel snow.


80 posted on 02/23/2026 7:59:14 AM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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