Cuomo says all non-emergency vehicles should be off the roads after 2:30 p.m. Eastern time today.
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Bus services were suspended at noon, and overland commuter and subway trains in and out of Manhattan were to be shut from 4:00 pm as Broadway cancelled performances, museums closed and shops shuttered.
The weather service’s blizzard warning for Long Island is expected to last through 7 a.m. on Sunday.
New York’s governor says a travel ban he instituted during a massive snowstorm will likely be lifted by morning.
Broadway theaters canceled all Saturday shows amid the fierce storm with the promise of reopening for Sunday matinees. Winds were expected to pick up overnight, prompting Washington’s police chief Cathy Lanier to urge residents to stay indoors.
However, because of unplowed sidewalks, many people were walking on the streets. More than three feet of snow fell in some states.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican presidential contender, left the campaign trail in New Hampshire to oversee the emergency response in his snowbound state.
Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News The weekend blizzard dumped 26.8 inches on New York City.
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More than 2,500 snow plows are on the roads, de Blasio said. “It makes no sense to be in a vehicle”, Mayor de Blasio said in a statement to the press, “People have to take very seriously what’s going on here”. Visibility was down to just metres at some stages of Saturday afternoon, and when all is said and done, DC could see 23 inches of snow. Service will depend on road conditions. More than 20,000 are still without power in New Jersey, down from about 58,000 on Saturday night.
