{"id":143465,"date":"2026-02-24T03:49:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143465\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T03:49:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:49:50","slug":"nyc-is-frozen-solid-again-even-the-mayors-hot-air-couldnt-warm-us-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143465\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC is frozen solid again \u2014 even the mayor’s hot air couldn’t warm us up"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s snow going in the city<\/p>\n

We\u2019re snowed in again<\/a>, and I\u2019m back humming, \u201cLet It Snow.\u201d<\/p>\n

1945. California was having a heat wave. So USA\u2019s hotshot songwriters \u2014 Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne \u2014 knocked off a little tune while the locals were lapping up the seltzer in their pools.<\/p>\n

1945, Vaughn Monroe recorded the thing.<\/p>\n

In 1950, Frank Sinatra made a version. Then, 1959, Dean Martin made it a falldown hit.<\/p>\n

First verse: \u201cThe weather outside is frightful \/ But the fire is so delightful \/ And since we\u2019ve no place to go \/ Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cold? Before a\u00a0Leonardo DiCaprio\u00a0sheetmate <\/a>could mutter, \u201cWhere are you going?\u201d he\u2019d turned icy.<\/p>\n

Our current mayor\u2019s staff consists of his wife and six huskies.<\/p>\n

One Manhattan councilman\u2019s hunting a female with a high fever for a roommate.<\/p>\n

Forget nurses back in hospitals, now it\u2019s penguins delivering babies.<\/p>\n

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Two things skiers must never lose \u2014 composure and their Blue Cross card.<\/p>\n

Problems?\u00a0Bill Clinton\u2019s zipper has frozen over.<\/p>\n

Cold? Even my janitor is banging on the pipes.<\/p>\n

Farmers are milking cows with ice picks.<\/p>\n

North Pole nights last for six months. One worker heading there just arrived at half-past January.<\/p>\n

Cold? Even hookers are complaining.<\/p>\n

Freezing? It was cold in places I never knew I had.<\/p>\n

Politicians are even putting strangers\u2019 own hands in their pockets.<\/p>\n

Need money? Rent your own bedroom as a meat locker.<\/p>\n

Visit City Hall. Crapdammy\u2019s hot air makes it warm.<\/p>\n

One mail carrier was fired for having sex while delivering mail. Listen, at least someone in the post office delivers.<\/p>\n

Perfect weather for marriage. He\u2019s cold and she\u2019s frigid.<\/p>\n

Crapdammy\u2019s sanitation trucks<\/a>: If unsatisfied with our methods, you will receive double your trash back.<\/p>\n

So may we all have a happy snowless day soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s snow going in the city We\u2019re snowed in again, and I\u2019m back humming, \u201cLet It Snow.\u201d 1945.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63,299,8555,29568],"class_list":["post-143465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-opinion","tag-snow","tag-winter-storm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143465","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=143465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}