New York City and areas of northern New Jersey became an epicenter for heavy snowfall in February, and that pattern doesn’t appear like it will break any time soon as the displaced polar vortex will keep sending bitterly cold Arctic air southward across the United States. A stormy corridor will set up across the Midwest and Northeast this week and beyond, creating more opportunities for snow from Chicago to the Big Apple.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York City indoor dining can reopen at 25 percent capacity on February 12, Lunar New Year Day. The reopening was previously scheduled for Valentine’s Day, but restaurants requested an earlier reopening date to allow staff to prepare and the request has been granted. The reopening is subject to strict state guidance.
The New York City Emergency Management Department today issued a hazardous travel advisory for Sunday, February 7. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for New York City in effect from 6 a.m. Sunday through 9 p.m.
The blizzard of the year has descended on New York City with seven inches of snow already blanketing the Big Apple. The snow is expected to worsen throughout the day, with the worst hitting Monday evening.
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio has announced a travel restriction for Monday starting at 6:00am, restricting non essential travel throughout the city.
A large storm system is projected to dump at least six inches of snow on New York City Sunday night, in what meteorologists are warning may very well be the snow storm of the year.
Dedicated bike lanes are coming to the Brooklyn and Queensboro Bridge roadways, New York City Mayor Bill de Blaiso announced in his State of the City address Thursday night.
On Thursday, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced a change to the way precinct commanders would be chosen, adding local precinct councils in the decision-making process.
A winter storm is poised to strike New York City early next week — with an early forecast of four inches on the Big Apple, according to forecasts. Snow and sleet will likely begin falling Monday as the Mid-Atlantic storm rolls east and intensifies, according to experts who said the weather “raises alarm bells.”
The New York City Emergency Management Department has issued a travel advisory for Tuesday, January 26. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for New York City in effect from 7 a.m. Tuesday through midnight. A Winter Weather Advisory means that periods of snow, sleet or freezing rain may cause travel difficulties during Tuesday’s morning and evening commutes.
The former Commanding Officer of the 71st Precinct, Inspector Norman Grandstaff, will be promoted to the rank of Deputy Chief, according to a police source, and remain in the Brooklyn South Boro.
New York City has gone topsy turvey as a landlord finds himself facing eviction after ‘deadbeat’ tenants refuse to pay rent.
The Jewish community wished farewell to a friend in blue this week, as Chief Charles Scholl, Executive Officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, retired after 41 years on the force.
FDNY Engine 254 was responding to a fire in southern Brooklyn when a chain reaction sent the massive vehicle nose-first into a store. Six people were reported injured, thankfully none of them life-threatening.
Officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) were joined by local community institutions and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams today to announce the completion of new accessibility features, including three new hydraulic ADA elevators, at the Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum 2/3 Station in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn.
Restaurants in New York City have been notified that they will be required to shut down outdoor dining as of 2:00pm on Wednesday due to dangerous conditions caused by the impending storm.
For the second time this week, an EMS crew working the 911 system was robbed at gunpoint in Brooklyn. Ambulance crews have since been placed on increased alert as the NYPD investigates.
