"With this storm, he made the announcement of a snow day by posting a screen recording of a FaceTime call with a New York City student named Victoria. He greeted her with a cheerful Hi, Victoria, and shared the news. No online school, no remote learning, full classic snow day, he told her as she cheered. My only ask to you is that you just stay safe, stay indoors during the height of the storm."
"'We're going to be doing everything within our power, across all of the city government, to respond to the storm as quickly as possible,' Mamdani said during a press conference on Sunday. The city has issued a state of emergency and amplified its sanitation response, with more than 2,000 snow plows set to hit city streets as soon as 2 inches of snow accumulates, with more than 2,600 sanitation employees working 12-hour shifts."
New York City banned most travel from 9 p.m. Sunday through noon Monday and canceled public school classes Monday with no remote learning. The mayor announced the snow day via a FaceTime screen recording with a student, urging safety and later sledding. Nonessential city offices, libraries, and Staten Island ferry service are closed or suspended, with ferry suspended starting 5 p.m. Sunday until late Monday morning. The city declared a state of emergency, mobilized over 2,000 snow plows and 2,600 sanitation workers on 12-hour shifts, and emphasized rapid storm response after at least 18 deaths in a prior January storm.
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