cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42859733
Murdoch tabloid leads charge as big freeze persists – could the mayor please do something about the weather?
It snowed two weeks ago in New York. Since then, the temperature has barely risen above freezing – a temperature science naturally dictates is necessary to melt snow and ice.
But science isn’t enough for some US political critics, however, who have instead blamed Zohran Mamdani, New York’s new socialist mayor, for the snow not having melted and still clogging up some of the city’s streets.
The New York Post, the rightwing tabloid and a frequent Mamdani critic, has led the charge. This week the newspaper claimed that “slushy streets” were “ruining travel for everyone”.
Ok yes that is pretty dumb HOWEVER if the administration did not properly prep the roads and provide appropriate snow removal they are partially to blame for it taking LONGER for it to clear out.
Which begs the question:
Did the previous admin cripple the snow response cabability?