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   On 2026-02-22 3:27 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   > Seems as though Comrade Mamdani is taking a lot of crap from his fellow Dems   
   > for requiring five forms of ID to become a city snow shoveler.   
   >   
   > He did so poorly clearing the snow from the last storm that he's now asking   
   > people to sign up and volunteer do the shoveling after the upcoming storm   
   > clears. Imagine that. Paying all those taxes for a city department   
   > specifically to clear snow, only to have the government beg you to do it   
   > yourself because they ran out of money.   
   >   
   > And to participate in this volunteer snow shoveling program, you have to show   
   > two forms of ID, a Social Security card, and two pictures of yourself. You   
   > need all that to shovel snow in NYC, but to walk in and vote? Nope, you don't   
   > need any of that. And I've been reliably informed that requiring ID is racist   
   > and that blacks and married women won't be able to participate because   
   they're   
   > too thick to figure out how to get ID, so not only is Mamdani a racist, he's   
   > shutting out half the population from even being able to shovel snow for him.   
   >   
   >   
   What is the city's liability if a volunteer gets hurt or killed   
   shovelling, say from a heart attack or mugging?   
      
   Also, how is the union reacting to their employees being deprived of   
   extra hours? I'll bet they're NOT happy!   
      
   FWIW, I once spoke to a woman who grew up in a small European village   
   where they didn't get much snow and there were no snow plows. On at   
   least one occasion, the village had a significant snow fall and the   
   whole village turned out with shovels to clear the main drag. Of course   
   that would have been back in 1930s; perhaps the same happened here in   
   small towns that didn't normally get snow.   
      
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