First Storm Exposes Vulnerabilities (Image Credits: Pixabay)
New York City – Weeks into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani confronted back-to-back winter storms that tested the city’s resilience and his leadership.[1][2]
First Storm Exposes Vulnerabilities
Winter Storm Fern struck in late January, bringing heavy snow, ice, and Arctic air with wind chills plunging to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit. The extreme cold claimed at least 15 lives in the city, primarily from hypothermia among unsheltered residents, amid power outages and widespread disruptions.[1][3]
City agencies mobilized thousands of sanitation workers on 12-hour shifts, deployed plows and salt spreaders, and opened 10 warming centers. Public schools shifted to remote learning, while outreach teams urged people indoors. Still, critics pointed to gaps in shelter access and response speed for the most vulnerable.[2]…