What a snow job.
Jersey City’s lefty new mayor is being dragged by residents over the city’s snowplowing debacle that forced its public schools to remain closed Tuesday — but he’s shoveling the blame on his predecessor.
Mayor James Solomon was getting roasted two days after Winter Storm Fern with a revamped version of an X post he shared last week controversially promising to make the New Jersey-to-Big Apple commuter hub a place where it’s easier to throw a parade than build a high-rise building.
“Which should be easier in Jersey City? Building a highrise [or] plowing the streets,” the meme version of the post asks.
“Appalled by the lack of effort made by the city and its people to clear snow from sidewalks, walkways, and roads,” a reddit user ranted. “It’s infuriating! It’s like we forgot how to live in cold weather with snow.”
Another Jersey City redditor raged on a thread on the r/jerseycity page, “I understand some of this is lazy property owners but at this point the city needs to send out workers to clear this. It’s ridiculous.”
Several locals added photos to the thread of the hazardous situation on local streets and sidewalks.
“Agreed!” someone responded to the “ridiculous” comment.
“But too late now, most of it is solid ice.”
“Yesterday was the day. Now we have to deal with this for at least the next week or so. Even longer if we get more snow.”
Solomon had drawn comparisons to far-left rookie New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani by also winning a mayor’s office against a seasoned pol in November — but the two Dems’ similarities stop when it comes to snow removal.
Mamdani was able to rally the Big Apple’s Sanitation Department to clean up the massive Big Apple after Sunday’s storm in time for in-person student learning Tuesday.
In-person instruction is set to resume in Jersey City on Wednesday, Solomon’s office told The Post.
The under-fire mayor said in a video posted on the city’s Facebook page Monday that the agency would be responding to people who called the Resident Response Center and reported that they needed their streets plowed.
He promised that his administration would be conducting an “after action review” to work on improving snow removal response, too.
“You deserve a city government that gets things right AND improves. We’ll be making the review public,” he said.
A rep for the mayor told The Post in a statement Tuesday, “Department of Public Works crews have been working around the clock addressing problematic areas.
“When we started preparing for this storm it was clear that the prior administration did not have a modern, updated snow plan,” the spokesman said, an apparent diss at the City Hall under former Mayor Steven Fulop, who did not seek re-election.
“For example, it is unacceptable that snow maps are 20 years old and GPS tracking software is not utilized to track plows,” the Solomon City Hall rep said.
“We are actively engaged in listening to residents to ensure our city is cleaned up, and deep in preparations for the next storm system and long-term plans for reform of snow operations.”
But one reddit user raged, “Solomon’s been a two-time councilman.
“Is he not aware these are repeat issues.”
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