Zohran Mamdani: “We have used now over 170 million pounds of salt to keep…”

“Now, across those same five boroughs, they have melted over 43 million pounds of snow. At our eight snow melting sites, which are spread across each borough, We have used now over 170 million pounds of salt to keep roads safe and passable. And as we speak, hundreds of DSNY workers, contractors and emergency snow shovelers are breaking up snow ridges and carving paths through mountains of snow because there is nothing more frustrating than having to take a longer detour because an intersection is impassable.” (01:28–01:35)

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