NYC Mayor Under Fire for Laughing as He Confirms 16 Deaths From Bitter Cold

Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed Monday that **16 New Yorkers** have now died during the city’s prolonged deep freeze — most from suspected hypothermia, some from overdoses outdoors. New York has been stuck in sub-freezing temperatures for 11 days straight, under a “Code Blue” emergency since January 19. The city says it has added shelter beds, loosened intake rules and deployed mobile warming units in an effort to keep people alive.