New York remains under a State of Emergency with a hazardous travel advisory in effect through midnight. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said city agencies have been โworking nonstopโ to keep New Yorkers safe.
Hereโs the citywide breakdown:
โข 2,600 sanitation workers deployed on every 12-hour shift
โข 2,300+ plows mobilized, including 700 salt spreaders
โข 800 emergency snow shovelers deployed this morning (575 overnight)
โข 50+ million pounds of salt distributed
โข 99.5% of city streets plowed at least once
โข 22 warming buses, 11 hospital warming spaces, 13 school warming centers open
โข 100 additional low-barrier stabilization beds opened in Upper Manhattan
โข 8,000 of 11,000 Rockaways customers have had power restored
Officials say the coordinated effort reflects a โwhole of governmentโ response to the historic storm.
(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)