At least 10 New Yorkers were found dead outdoors as below-freezing temperatures and a bruising snowstorm gripped the Big Apple over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani revealed the grim death toll since Saturday, sparking questions about whether city government was doing enough to take care of its most vulnerable residents.

It’s unclear how many of those fatalities were directly related to the brutal conditions with the causes of their deaths still under investigation.

But Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park said at a Tuesday press conference that a number of the victims previously used the city’s shelter system.

“When the cold is this deadly, we need to meet the moment and leave no stone unturned,” Mamdani said at the press conference.

Advocates for the homeless said deaths show the city needs to do more to get people off the streets.

“The fact that this many people have passed away shows the city needs to do a much better job of making people feel safe when they come inside,” said David Giffen, the executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless.

“It’s not that most of the people on the streets are unaware of the shelter system, but that they’ve had experiences there that make them not want to return.”

Mamdani has been less willing to force homeless New Yorkers off the streets in a break with his predecessor, Eric Adams. Before he began his mayoralty, he announced his intention to end homeless encampment sweeps that led to a windfall of criticism.

When asked about compelling the homeless to take shelter as the teeth-chattering weather drags on, Mamdani replied, “If a New Yorker is a danger to themselves or to others then that’s the driving force of that decision.”

“This is a last resort,” he added.

“Our first method of outreach is to communicate to homeless New Yorkers across the five boroughs as to the options that they have. We however are not going to leave someone out in the cold if they’re a danger to themselves or to others.”

The Coalition for the Homeless, along with the Legal Aid Society, insisted in a statement the sweeps actually have caused a divide between outreach workers and the homeless “because too often, [Department of Homeless Services] outreach has meant losing their belongings, hostile interactions with law enforcement, and not receiving meaningful help.”

“Moreover, outreach workers lack the ability to offer unhoused New Yorkers the one thing they need most: permanent housing. Rebuilding that trust and increasing the supply of affordable housing will take time and cannot be accomplished overnight,” the organizations said.

“The City also lacks the staffing capacity to check on every known unsheltered person in the critical hours before severe weather.”

The democratic socialist said Tuesday city shelters were loosening intake protocols to get more homeless people inside quicker and the city has requested hospitals limit overnight discharges.

Another 10 warming shelters were also opened and city workers and nonprofits are ramping up outreach efforts, he said.

“And we are mobilizing every resource at our disposal to ensure that New Yorkers are brought indoors during this potentially lethal weather event,” he added.

While the mayor’s death count was 10, the NYPD listed nine deaths as of early Tuesday.

Three people each were found dead in Queens and Brooklyn, two people were found dead in Manhattan and one person was found dead in the Bronx, according to the NYPD.

At least one victim, a 90-year-old woman with dementia, appeared to have an apartment, but wandered from her home before she was found dead in Brooklyn Sunday, according to Gothamist.

Weather forecasts predict that while the Big Apple will receive a break from the snow for at least a few days, the freezing temps will stretch into February. 

With Post wires