New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani smiles inside a car as he leaves the New York City Office of Emergency Management after holding a press conference, as a major winter storm spreads across a large swath of the United States, in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 25, 2026. REUTERS/Bing Guan TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
(New York, New York) – A viral video circulating on social media shows dozens of workers shoveling snow along a single New York City block — with on-screen text claiming they are being paid $45 per hour under Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s emergency snow response initiative.
The footage, widely shared across platforms, appears to show a large group clearing a sidewalk area during a recent winter storm.
Zohran Mamdani is paying $30–$45 an hour for snow shoveling, and shockingly every sidewalk corner now has over a dozen people working the same tiny patch of snow. A masterclass in government efficiency, where no one bothers to think about second-order effects and spending other… pic.twitter.com/4qOmJhD6JJ
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) February 27, 2026
