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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

Maybe Schmuck Shumer’s warnings about Jim Snow 2.0 were correct, and the people willing to shovel were burdened by the process of getting an ID.

Just another form of (North) Poll (Pole) tax I guess ...


81 posted on 02/23/2026 8:16:21 AM PST by Be Free ("My revenge will be success." - Donald J. Trump)
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To: Ann Archy
Because they need to have 5 FORMS OF ID!! FIVE!!! TO SHOVEL SNOW, BUT NONE TO VOTE!

ID for a job is a federal legal requirement. The contradiction here is the lack of federal law about voter ID. Soon to be remedied I hope. Trump is working on it.

82 posted on 02/23/2026 8:22:40 AM PST by Salman (Trump is good, but we need Pinochet. )
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To: NetAddicted

[I’m amazed nobody in NYC wants $20 per hr for snow shoveling.]

Kids don’t work anymore, especially when the layer beneath the snow is dog poo.


83 posted on 02/23/2026 8:42:27 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. ~ Psalm 33:12)
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To: Olog-hai

During the Jo Pedo Illegal Alien Invasion, I saw many illegals tell their friends in the far-left “media” that they are not coming to America to do slave labor. Some Chinese guys told the “media” they are here to make lots of big money from the dumb Americans. Biden’s Twenty Million is nothing but a batch of freeloading, bottom feeding THIEVES.


84 posted on 02/23/2026 9:19:58 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: Baldwin
Get all those illegal immigrants to shovel.

I believe the money would come from FEMA and Trump's FEMA won't pay illegals.

85 posted on 02/23/2026 9:21:00 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: Olog-hai

Show how ignorant mandani is.
he should have advertised for sanitation protesters and handed them signs and shovels.


86 posted on 02/23/2026 10:47:18 AM PST by 1_Rain_Drop ( ~~ TRUMP is right about EVERYTHING ! ~~ )
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To: catnipman; KingLudd
except that in a communist state there are no snow throwers and bobcats, just shovels

Another excellent point...

87 posted on 02/23/2026 11:42:09 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: NetAddicted

I think it’s $30


88 posted on 02/23/2026 11:52:23 AM PST by Hildy
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To: Olog-hai

I’m pretty sure the Warmth Of Collectivism will melt all the snow away. That or Spring. Whichever comes first.


89 posted on 02/23/2026 12:00:42 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: dfwgator; DownInFlames
Exactly right. Even Stalin didn’t mind stealing from the Bible when it suited him:
In the USSR, work is a duty and a matter of honor for every able-bodied citizen, in accordance with the principle: “He who does not work, neither shall he eat.”
That’s from Article 12 of the 1936 USSR constitution. It paraphrases 2 Thessalonians 3:10. Take note that communist states have government-imposed atheism.

Slightly off topic, but I did want to mention that the 1936 USSR constitution is what the United Nations charter is based on.
90 posted on 02/23/2026 12:44:28 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is goings to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Too much free stuff available.


91 posted on 02/23/2026 1:12:46 PM PST by Allegra (We will not be emotionally blackmailed into backing off what we voted for. )
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To: DownInFlames

Madani needs to recruit this guy...

https://mysterymen.fandom.com/wiki/Eddie


92 posted on 02/23/2026 1:55:12 PM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: PeterPrinciple

Absolutely...and they were putting their lives on the line (back then, the king didn’t f-around).


93 posted on 02/23/2026 3:55:37 PM PST by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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