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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at an event in Brooklyn to support housing construction in New York City on Feb. 10, 2026. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

Anti-Voter ID Mamdani Pleads with Citizens to Show 2 Forms of ID to Sign Up for Emergency Snow Shoveling

 By Jack Davis  February 22, 2026 at 5:30am

In keeping with the beliefs of the far left, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani does not care if voters have an ID.

But snow shovelers? That’s a very different question.

The socialist mayor quickly became the butt of jokes Saturday after making an appeal for city residents to sign up as emergency snow shovelers to help the city cope with what was forecast to be a major winter storm.

The catch: they need two forms of ID.

The comment grew from a post by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin.

Others also couldn’t help but chime in.

The city’s website, for those who want to be paid for shoveling snow, notes, “To register for an appointment, workers must have: Two small photos (1-1/2 inch square); Two original forms of ID, plus copies; Social Security card.”

Mamdani was pushing for city residents to sign up, as noted by the Daily Wire.

“And for those who want to do more to help your neighbors and earn some extra cash, you too can become an Emergency Snow Shoveler,” Mamdani said Saturday. “Just show up to your local Sanitation Garage between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. tomorrow with your paperwork.”

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) New York chapter has called efforts to pass elections integrity bills a “campaign to reverse the gains of the Civil Rights Movement and marginalize working-class Americans.”

For some, the spectacle of city government unable to shovel the snow was yet another bit of political absurdity in Mamdani’s New York City.

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