Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blizzard brought New York to a standstill on 23 February, with schools across the city closed.

Less than 24 hours after throngs of ecstatic supporters poured into Manhattan for his history-making inauguration, Zohran Mamdani began his first full day of work with a routine familiar to many New Yorkers: trudging to the subway from a cramped apartment.