New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, warning that conditions during the snowstorm will be “dangerous and difficult,” declared a state of emergency today for New York City and suburban areas to the north and east.
Update: New York City streets to be off-limits to non-emergency traffic beginning at 11:00pm tonight.
Update: As of 7:30am Tuesday all travel bans have been lifted across New York State.
In anticipation of the upcoming blizzard, Hatzalah has collaborated and prepared the necessary resources to help those in need. Please take note of the following important message from Hatzalah of Borough Park.
A strong area of low-pressure will develop off the eastern seaboard and track north towards New York City Monday night and Tuesday. As a result, New York City is at risk for a major winter storm with 10-14 inches of snow (possibly more) and near-blizzard conditions from Monday night through Late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning.
The National Weather Service says the New York metro area should expect a mixed bag of light snow, sleet and freezing rain due to a winter storm system moving up the Eastern seaboard this weekend.
New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted on Thursday to increase subway and bus fares on the nation’s largest mass transit system in March.
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has been one of the most powerful men in Albany for more than two decades, was arrested Thursday.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Paris today to pay his respects to the victims of the terrorist massacres at Charlie Hebdo and the Hyper Chacher supermarket. De Blasio told Parisians that New Yorkers have “walked in the same shoes.”
There are signs that disgruntled officers have started making more low-level arrests, New York Police Department officials said Monday. Ticketing for traffic and parking violations also increased after virtually coming to a halt.
New York state’s requirement that children be vaccinated in order to attend state-funded schools does not violate parents’ religious rights under the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
New York City will ban food establishments from using plastic foam containers, and shipping centers from using packing peanuts, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.
With temperatures expected to be dangerously cold beginning Tuesday through Thursday, Mayor de Blasio today issued an update on the frigid temperatures, urging New Yorkers to take steps to protect themselves and help others who may be at increased risk of health problems.
When some New York City public buses announce they’re planning to turn, they won’t just signal – they’ll speak.
A manhunt was under way Tuesday for at least two suspects who shot and wounded two New York City police officers responding to a robbery in the Bronx. Both officers were listed in stable condition. [Update: Arrests Made.]
The light drizzle falling from overcast skies were like heavenly tears as thousands lined 65th Street yesterday in Brooklyn to pay their respects to Officer Wenjian Liu, gunned down fifteen days ago as he sat in his patrol car with his partner, Officer Rafael Ramos.
Murders in New York fell to 328 in 2014, the fewest since the New York Police Department started keeping reliable numbers in 1963, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani criticized his successor, Bill de Blasio, for letting the protests in the aftermath of Eric Garner’s chokehold death get out of hand, saying “This is what we learned with Crown Heights, and it seems like we’ve unlearned it.”
A group of Brooklyn Shluchim flanked by Williamsburg Askonim, community members and police officers lit a Chanukah Menorah at the intersection of Tompkins and Marcy Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn – the corner were two NYPD police officers were murdered in cold blood.
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