Mayor Mamdani briefs New Yorkers on snowstorm
The mayor advised New Yorkers to expect about 11 inches of snow, with heavy snowfall in the afternoon and high wind gusts before tampering off Monday.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Sunday said the city continues coordinated efforts to handle the snow and cold.
"Overnight and past several days a vast coordinated citywide response has prepared New York City for one of the largest snowfalls and period of sustained cold in recent years,” he said at a news conference.
He assured New Yorkers that the city sanitation department started brining roads on Friday and is deploying
2,500 DSNY workers for 12-hour shifts to get through the storm.
Mamdani encouraged New Yorkers to use the Plow NYC website to monitor which streets have been plowed and salted.
The mayor advised New Yorkers to expect about 11 inches of snow, with heavy snowfall in the afternoon and high wind gusts before tampering off Monday.
All after-school programs, adult education and other school-based programming are canceled. Students in grades 6 to 12 already had a scheduled day off Monday for a professional learning day with no remote plan.
Elementary school students will learn remotely.
Mamdani also addressed the five New Yorkers who were found dead outside.
“While we do not yet know their causes of death, there is no more powerful reminder of the danger of extreme cold and how vulnerable many of our neighbors are,” he said.
Ten warming centers are open and will remain open until Monday evening. There are two centers in each borough, and New Yorkers will be given food and water at these locations.
These centers are in addition to 126 shelters, 35 safe havens and 50 hospitals available to New Yorkers.
As the Cold Blue stays in effects, agencies are checking in with vulnerable New Yorkers.
"In a Code Blue as we are currently in, any one of your 311 calls on this issue will be rerouted directly to 911,” the mayor said.
