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Adam Gabbatt in New York

Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt

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Zohran Mamdani at a press conference in New York this week. Photograph: Sarah Yenesel/EPA

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.

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