Zohran Mamdani bans most travel across NYC due to blizzard - and gives in on a snow day for students
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Key Points:
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has banned most travel from 9 p.m. Sunday to noon Monday and canceled public school classes with no remote learning due to a historic blizzard hitting the city.
- Nonessential city offices and services, including libraries, will be closed, and Staten Island ferry service will be suspended from 5 p.m. Sunday until late Monday morning.
- The city declared a state of emergency and deployed over 2,000 snow plows and 2,600 sanitation workers to manage the storm, with a focus on rapid response and public safety.
- Enhanced measures are in place to protect homeless New Yorkers, including increased warming centers, overnight overdose prevention centers, and halting homeless encampment
