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NYC raises snow‑shoveling pay to $30 an hour amid blizzard
Yahoo ^ | Feb. 23, 2026 | Nicole Alarcon

Posted on 02/23/2026 2:03:24 PM PST by Leaning Right

You can now get paid $30 an hour to shovel snow in New York City.

New York City is urgently hiring emergency snow shovelers to help remove snow and ice from public areas, including bus stops, crosswalks, fire hydrants, and step streets.

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Weather
KEYWORDS: blizzard; idrequiredforpayroll; mamdani; newyorkcity; nyc; snow
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Looks like Mamdani is starting to think like a capitalist. Raise the pay until the worker supply meets the company’s requirements.

I’ll be watching this development with great interest. Once Mamdani offers $300 an hour, off to the Big Apple I go.

I will not be providing any ID, of course. And I want to be paid in cash. A worker has the right to demand that, eh Zohran?

1 posted on 02/23/2026 2:03:24 PM PST by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

I wonder if those who shoveled for $19 per hour will get back pay.


2 posted on 02/23/2026 2:06:05 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Leaning Right

Will a blood sample and SSN # be required?


3 posted on 02/23/2026 2:08:00 PM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: Leaning Right

I sure got ripped off as a child shoveling neighbors driveway.


4 posted on 02/23/2026 2:08:30 PM PST by Dan Zachary
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To: Leaning Right
Been watching this crap all day on Fox and CNN. There's barely even a snow flurry let alone a blizzard in NYC. The roads are completely clear of snow. Looks like a maybe a stiff breeze once in a while. Definitely not 60 mph winds. Even Faux News is playing along. What a joke.

Okay. Go ahead. FReepsplain to me how I shouldn't trust my lying eyes

5 posted on 02/23/2026 2:09:43 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Texas Eagle

They do that all time here in Minnepaolistan.

It will snow tonight. We could get from a half inch to 30 feet. It could be the end of the world.


6 posted on 02/23/2026 2:14:13 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: Leaning Right

What happened to city services removing the snow? They used to be able to do it and, at one point, were one of the best in the country at doing it quickly and efficiently.


7 posted on 02/23/2026 2:16:47 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: shelterguy

The whole crew at my apartment complex quit all snow work...strictly maintenance or nothing. lol


8 posted on 02/23/2026 2:17:50 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Leaning Right
No kidding. He will hang his shame the next time the Supreme Soviet convenes a Politburo meeting.


9 posted on 02/23/2026 2:19:02 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: T.B. Yoits

I don’t think he got any takers.


10 posted on 02/23/2026 2:19:41 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Leaning Right

I shoveled snow only once and got a $20 tip, I’ve always wondered if I did such an exceptional job or if she was just generous.


11 posted on 02/23/2026 2:19:55 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Dan Zachary

Inflation, doncha know.


12 posted on 02/23/2026 2:20:19 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Texas Eagle

It’s almost as if it’s..........Winter!


13 posted on 02/23/2026 2:21:30 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: FamiliarFace

Wait till he finds out how corvee labor works.


14 posted on 02/23/2026 2:45:57 PM PST by maro (MAGA!)
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To: Leaning Right

Heart-attack insurance will be provided to those over 65.


15 posted on 02/23/2026 2:53:52 PM PST by Signalman (When your enemy is digging himself a hole, don't take away his shovel.)
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To: Leaning Right

did they reduce the number of ID’s needed, too?


16 posted on 02/23/2026 3:00:00 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Signalman

Jack up
Property taxes then ask them to shovel snow.

Good luck with that plan.


17 posted on 02/23/2026 3:02:46 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: Leaning Right

The commie was born in warm-ish Uganda. Has Madmani even seen snow before?


18 posted on 02/23/2026 3:09:44 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Texas Eagle

Not defending the panic, but I can send you photos from Staten Island, about 30” and deep drifts. Heart attack snow very wet and definitely 30 mph steady winds with gusts to who knows what. Roads were all but impassable until about 11:00 this morning. I spent 5+ hours (with snow blower and shovel) clearing my cars driveway, sidewalk, and side of house today, so I believe your full of it.


19 posted on 02/23/2026 3:10:14 PM PST by Woodman
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To: Woodman

Just going by what Faux News and The Commie News Network and SnoozeNation were showing me. How far away is Staten Island from downtown NYC?


20 posted on 02/23/2026 3:17:34 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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