NYC and other cities have been left scrambling to tackle mountainous drifts that show no sign of thawing anytime soon after a massive winter storm battered the Northeast this week, dumping enormous quantities of snow from Maryland to Maine.
Snowplows carved paths for emergency vehicles across Rhode Island, while New York City crews prepared to unleash massive tanks of heated water onto towering mounds of snow and ice. Meanwhile, Boston officials raced to tackle sidewalks buried under compacted snow that left wheelchair users completely cut off.
By Tuesday evening, New York City had laid down 143 million pounds of salt, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and had enlisted at least 3,500 emergency shovelers. Workers are paid $30-per-hour to clear snow from public streets and bus stops…