{"id":118101,"date":"2026-01-31T03:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T03:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/118101\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T03:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T03:23:21","slug":"nyc-has-melted-23-million-pounds-of-snow-so-far-mayor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/118101\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC has melted 23 million pounds of snow so far, mayor says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Mayor Mamdani said that so far New York City has melted 23 million pounds of snow and used 116 million pounds of salt.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mayor Zohran Mamdani stands backdropped by a pile of snow while recording a video during a visit to the Department of Sanitation's snow melting operations.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/18508082_013026-wabc-ap-mamdani-snow-pile-img.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani stands backdropped by a pile of snow while recording a video during a visit to the Department of Sanitation&#8217;s snow melting operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Across all five boroughs, we&#8217;ve melted 23 million pounds of snow using eight snow-melting sites. Every 12-hour shift, 2,500 sanitation workers are out there clearing bus stops, crosswalks, hydrants, and other critical infrastructure,&#8221; Mamdani said. &#8220;These are tough conditions, and these workers are doing essential work to keep this city moving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The city is continuing to expand its snow response, but also asking people to call 311 to help homeless in the cold and reminding property owners to clear their sidewalks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani said that so far New York City has melted 23 million pounds of snow and used&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[50674,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-118101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-50674","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-ny","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-nyc-headlines","13":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}