US EditionZohran Mamdani declares NYC emergency, bans all travel during blizzard threatening city
Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency, shutting down most travel and closing schools as a blizzard threatens up to 2 feet of snow and power outages, officials said.
- On Sunday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered a city-wide travel ban and declared a State of Emergency for all five boroughs from 9 p.m. Sunday to noon Monday, with New York City Public Schools observing a full snow day Monday.
- Meteorologists warn a fast-developing storm will threaten the U.S. East Coast beginning Sunday, with total accumulations of 18 to 24 inches and peak snowfall from 7 p.m. Sunday to noon Monday.
- With over eight million residents, New York City faces widespread disruption as blizzard warnings cover Long Island, New Jersey, and coastal Connecticut along the I-95 corridor; New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill declared a state of emergency beginning midday Sunday.
- The order exempts essential and emergency workers; enforcement begins at 9 p.m. Sunday, restricting nearly all surface transport during the ban, the mayor said.
- The emergency declarations will mobilize resource mobilization and emergency coordination after a late-January mega-storm linked to more than 100 deaths, with city officials warning it `has not faced a storm of this scale in the last decade`.
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has ordered the closure of the city's entire transportation network except for essential travel.
8000 flights are canceled and schools are closed. New York is on lockdown due to a severe snowstorm.
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