President Donald Trump called out NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani in his State of the Union address, then talked about talking with the Democrat often. Asked about it the next day, Mamdani also said the two talk regularly..
Neither mentioned a meeting at the White House the day after that.
And yet, the once-often-at-odds duo is doing just that in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, News 4 has confirmed. It wasn’t immediately clear what the two would discuss in the unannounced, closed-door meeting.
It comes just after the president took a zinger at Mamdani in his annual address to America, slighting him in a comment about ID requirements for city snow removal jobs but also calling him a “nice guy.”
“I’d like to say, ‘Thank you,'” Mamdani said Wednesday. Incidentally, Trump gave the program national press.
Mamdani and Trump last met at the White House in November. At the time, they discussed housing, among other topics related to the future of New York City, officials have said. The two have taken a mostly respectful approach to one another since that meeting.
The two have mostly taken an agreeable approach since meeting at the White House in November, following Trump’s insult-ridden yet failed campaign to keep the Democrat from office. That same approach was evident in the State of the Union exchange.
So what about those snow shoveling jobs?
The city had been offering up to $30 an hour for emergency snow shovelers during the storm — an attempt to both support New Yorkers in need of quick cash and the mayor’s pledges to expedite snow removal.
First, potential applications need to meet three conditions to be eligible to register for the program: 1) At least 18 years old; 2) Eligible to work in the United States; (3) Able to perform heavy physical labor.
It was the registration part to which Trump was referring. People have to show up near a sanitation garage — on a walk-in basis or with an appointment — with the following documents:
- Two original forms of ID, plus copies (if possible) and;
- Social Security number (bring card, if possible)
(More info on emergency snow shoveler registration here.)
Ultimately, snow plowing and removal efforts went pretty well across four of the five boroughs, at least. Staten Island, which got hit the hardest — some spots saw more than 2 feet of snow — called it absurd that Mamdani resumed in-person classes a day after the winter storm moved out. Leaders there say roads remained impassable. They say they’ll sit down with the Mamdani administration to chart a path forward.
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