
NYC metro area blizzard live updates: More than 250K without power, thousands of flights canceled as blizzard batters the Northeast
NY Post
Millions along the East Coast are set to get hit by a massive blizzard that could drop as much as 24 inches of snow on the Northeast, forecasters warned.
New York City is expected to be hit with up to 20 inches of powder, with heavy winds up to 60 miles per hour. Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency for the city, Westchester County, and Orange County.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani warned New Yorkers to stay inside, but declined to give a concrete answer on whether homeless people would be forced off the streets for their own safety just weeks after more than a dozen froze to death.
Hizzoner also declared a travel ban across the five boroughs until noon Monday.
Thousands of flights in and out of the NYC-metro area were canceled by Sunday afternoon. While the Big Apple’s subway system will operate on modified service during the onslaught, the Long Island Rail Road will shut down, and Metro-North will run on a holiday schedule Monday, with weekend schedules in place on branch lines.
Across the Hudson, thousands were already without power as of Sunday evening, and Gov. Mikie Sherrill issued a mandatory travel ban that will end at 7 a.m. Monday.













