{"id":2566091,"date":"2026-02-06T14:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mounds-of-snow-and-trash-are-just-the-opening-act-of-mamdanis-collectivist-new-york-7\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:56:28","slug":"mounds-of-snow-and-trash-are-just-the-opening-act-of-mamdanis-collectivist-new-york-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mounds-of-snow-and-trash-are-just-the-opening-act-of-mamdanis-collectivist-new-york-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Mounds of Snow and Trash Are Just the Opening Act of Mamdani&#8217;s Collectivist New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmounds-of-snow-and-trash-are-just-the-opening-act-of-mamdanis-collectivist-new-york-7%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2566091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A piece centered on viral images from New York City shows piles of trash curbside and snow still on the ground weeks after a storm, using them to critique the city\u2019s governance as Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes office. Citing WABC-TV and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a>, the article portrays a city struggling with routine tasks and sanitation, portraying NYC as chaotic and unprepared.it argues that the problems reflect a broader critique of leftist or collectivist leadership,claiming that communist or socialist systems reward ideology over competence and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-shortens-covid-isolation-period-in-england\/\" title=\"U.K. Shortens COVID Isolation Period In England\">critical public services<\/a> are at risk. The author draws personal comparisons to tribal governance in Oklahoma and cites past disasters to warn that such leadership could lead to greater dysfunction, including homelessness tragedies, and predicts ongoing, avoidable hardships for residents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Images out of New York City this week have gone viral, and they are doing more to project the city&rsquo;s future than any campaign speech ever could.<\/p>\n<p>They show piles of trash sitting curbside and piles of snow still frozen nearly two weeks after a storm. They show a city struggling with completing tasks that should be routine.<\/p>\n<p>This is what New Yorkers are seeing as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to warm his seat in City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/mamdani-defends-dsny-trash-piles-snowbanks-parts-nyc\/18529761\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WABC-TV<\/a> in New York, sanitation crews fell behind after heavy snow and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >deep cold slowed cleanup efforts<\/a> across the city. Trash piled up in multiple neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to NYC<\/p>\n<p>where the trash piles higher than the snow! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y1nVvHI0N4\">pic.twitter.com\/y1nVvHI0N4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr J Rould (@jrouldz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrouldz\/status\/2018757739196096573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only in NYC would they not remove the snow but spread it around so everyone endures the same slick sidewalks. Socialist Snow Plowing in action under Mayor Mamdani. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BWzgnuLT5x\">pic.twitter.com\/BWzgnuLT5x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Valk (@AdValoremGP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdValoremGP\/status\/2019079857980789149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The mayor defended the city&rsquo;s botched response as New Yorkers complained about living in a landfill.<\/p>\n<p>I am not from New York, I do not want to visit New York, and I am well aware that New York City has dealt with snowstorms and sanitation problems long before Mamdani arrived.<\/p>\n<p>I also cannot say with certainty that this entire situation is his fault. It might be, it might not be.<\/p>\n<p>What I can say with certainty is that this will not be the last time New Yorkers complain about a problem that could have been avoided.<\/p>\n<p>It will not be the last time residents are told to lower their expectations and accept dysfunction.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is not the snow, but the city&rsquo;s Marxist leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Communist and socialist systems tend to fail pretty quickly for many reasons, but one stands above the rest.<\/p>\n<p>These systems do not value or reward competence. They value and reward loyalty and ideology.<\/p>\n<p>The experts whose job it is to see problems coming and prevent them are almost always removed and replaced with apparatchiks who  the correct political views.<\/p>\n<p>Critical systems are being put to the test and will likely suffer in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Leftist radicals are not known for being the brightest people in the room, though some are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/celebrities-try-lecture-americans-flood-anti-ice-virtue-signalling-grammys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obviously successful<\/a> in the arts.<\/p>\n<p>I would not want them to be the last line of defense between my children and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mounds-of-snow-and-trash-are-just-the-opening-act-of-mamdanis-collectivist-new-york\/\" title=\"Mounds of ... and Trash Are Just the Opening Act of ...&#039;s Collectivist New ...\">polluted drinking water system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I would not want them standing between me and the power grid of a nuclear plant.<\/p>\n<p>That is how disasters happen. That is how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/marco-rubio-coronavirus-outbreak-chinas-chernobyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chernobyl<\/a> happened.<\/p>\n<p>I also bring a perspective that many commentators do not.<\/p>\n<p>I grew up in Oklahoma on land later ruled to be part of an Indian reservation after the Supreme Court&rsquo;s decision in <a href=\"https:\/\/legalclarity.org\/what-is-the-mcgirt-case-and-how-does-it-affect-oklahoma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McGirt v. Oklahoma<\/a>. I watched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mounds-of-snow-and-trash-are-just-the-opening-act-of-mamdanis-collectivist-new-york-2\/\" title=\"Mounds of ... and Trash Are Just the Opening Act of ...&#039;s Collectivist New ...\">socialist system operate inside<\/a> another state, and that&rsquo;s exactly what Indian tribes are.<\/p>\n<p>A new chief gets elected, fires everyone, and installs friends, relatives, and political allies into tribal jobs they are not qualified to do. Everyone stays poor except the chief, his inner circle, and those who work hard in spite of the system.<\/p>\n<p>The process is not unlike the one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edla\/pr\/former-new-orleans-mayor-c-ray-nagin-sentenced-10-years-imprisonment-conspiracy-bribery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overseen<\/a> by corrupt former Democrat New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina struck the city in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>New York City is already starting to look like that.<\/p>\n<p>When Mamdani took office last month, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mamdanis-opening-salvo-mayor-slams-american-individualism-praises-collectivism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vowed<\/a>, &ldquo;We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>New York is experiencing the collective part now. The warmth is nowhere to be found. In fact, the lack of it has proven deadly, as 17 homeless people have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2026\/02\/04\/cold-deaths-17-enhanced-code-blue-homeless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly frozen to death<\/a> in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The misery is just beginning.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The photos show trash piled along sidewalks and snow that remains frozen nearly two weeks after a storm, highlighting a city struggling to handle tasks that should be routine. This is the reality many New Yorkers see as Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes office. A report from WABC-TV says sanitation crews fell behind after heavy snow and extreme cold slowed cleanup, leaving trash in several neighborhoods. A social post captured the moment with the line, \u201cWelcome to NYC where the trash piles higher than the snow!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The piece then shifts to a critique of the city\u2019s leadership. It argues that the problem isn\u2019t just the weather but the governance of the city, which the author labels as socialist or Marxist. The argument goes that such systems undervalue competence and reward loyalty and ideology, replacing experts who should foresee and prevent problems with political loyalists. The author asserts that critical systems are tested under this kind of leadership and are likely to suffer in the years ahead. They draw on personal observations about how governance can falter under certain political dynamics, comparing it to tribal or corrupt leadership patterns they\u2019ve seen elsewhere, and suggesting New York City is starting to resemble those patterns.<\/p>\n<p>The piece notes Mamdani\u2019s pledge to replace \u201crugged individualism\u201d with \u201cthe warmth of collectivism,\u201d and argues that the current situation\u2014including reports of homeless people dying from exposure\u2014shows that the warmth has not materialized and may even be deadly. <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like, I can also provide a shorter summary or adjust the tone (more neutral or more opinionated) depending on your goal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2566092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mamdani-for-feb.-6-2026.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[72897,56552,32120,73125,49786],"class_list":["post-2566091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-collectivism","tag-mamdani","tag-new-york","tag-urban-decay","tag-urban-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mamdani-for-feb.-6-2026.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2566091"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2566096,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566091\/revisions\/2566096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2566092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2566091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2566091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}