Steve Kastenbaum

The state of emergency closes the streets, highways, and bridges of New York City for all traffic.

Forecasters said if this storm stays on its predicted track when all is said and done the city could be buried beneath 18 and 24 inches of snow.

It prompted the school's chancellor to issue a rare snow day meaning 940,000 public school students will have the day off on Monday.

For NPR News, I'm Steve Kastenbaum in New York.

The sound of snowblowers echoed across the city as the sun fell, the snow accumulation increased, and winds picked up here.

Earlier in the day, Mayor Zoran Mamdani issued a travel ban declaring that New Yorkers had to be off the streets tonight through the morning hours.

The state of emergency closes the streets, highways, and bridges of New York City for all traffic.

Forecasters said if this storm stays on its predicted track when all is said and done, the city could be buried beneath 18 and 24 inches of snow.

It prompted the school's chancellor to issue a rare snow day, meaning 940,000 public school students will have the day off on Monday.

For NPR News, I'm Steve Kastenbaum in New York.

We are asking New Yorkers to avoid all non-essential travel.

Please, for your safety, stay home, stay inside, and stay off the roads.

We are asking New Yorkers to avoid all non-essential travel.

Please, for your safety, stay home, stay inside, and stay off the roads.

The snow started falling here around 11 a.m.

and it's expected to continue through Monday morning, prompting Mayor Zoran Mamdani to

To declare a travel ban, it goes into effect later in the evening.

The latest forecast says that New York could receive between 18 and 24 inches of snow, with the heaviest accumulations happening overnight.

The blizzard prompted the school's chancellor to issue a rare snow day for the city's 940,000 public school students.

For NPR News, I'm Steve Kastenbaum in New York.