WINTER STORM: Mamdani will need to avoid snowy pitfalls of predecessors in his first real test as mayor

Nothing cross-examines a New York City mayor in the court of public opinion quite like a major winter storm, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani is about to learn. 

Just three weeks into his four-year term as the city’s chief executive, Mamdani has spent the latter half of this week gearing up for a dramatic nor’easter expected to blow in early Sunday morning. As of Friday afternoon, forecasts predict between 10 and 15 inches of snow will fall between Sunday and Monday.