A travel ban is still in effect in Newark, as plows continue to clear a record 28 inches of snowfall there. He was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
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The 26.6 inches of snow that fell in Central Park on Saturday is a one-day record for New York City. The level of service restoration will be subject to road conditions.
Blizzard-battered New York City began digging its way out of more than two feet of snow Sunday as train and bus service slowly resumed following the almost record-breaking storm. A blizzard warning was lifted Sunday morning.
NJ Transit officials say that their service will resume as weather allows.
A travel ban was imposed on NY and its suburbs Saturday with authorities effectively shutting down America’s most populous city as a massive snow storm pummelling the eastern United States gathered pace.
Headstones are almost covered by snow at Arlington National Cemetery, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 in Arlington, Va. A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers and shutting down the nation’s capital and its largest city.
Most above-ground subway service will resume at 9 a.m. Portions of the A, Q, N, L and S lines will remain out of service, as well as the Staten Island Railway, as crews work to remove snow. There is no overall travel ban on New Jersey roads.
Bus service in the five boroughs, suspended in the midst of the raging snow and wind, is back in action but “expect delays, route changes and other deviations from normal Sunday service”, Cuomo’s office says. There has been limited underground subway service throughout the storm.
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The vast majority of flights into and out of NY area airports – La Guardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark – were also cancelled.
