LOCKDOWN: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency and announced a city-wide travel ban, running from 9PM Sunday to 12PM Monday, as a powerful “bomb cyclone” began to blast the Northeast.

Millions along the East Coast are set to get hit by a massive blizzard that could drop as much as 24 inches of snow on the Northeast, forecasters warned.

New York City is expected to be hit with up to 20 inches of powder, with heavy winds up to 60 miles per hour. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency for the city, Westchester County, and Orange County.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani warned New Yorkers to stay inside, but declined to give a concrete answer on whether homeless people would be forced off the streets for their own safety just weeks after more than a dozen froze to death.

Hizzoner also declared a travel ban across the five boroughs starting at 9 p.m. Sunday.

More than 1,700 flights in and out of the NYC-metro area have already been canceled as of Sunday afternoon. While the Big Apple’s subway system will to operate on modified service during the onslaught, the Long Island Rail Road will shut down, and Metro-North will run on a holiday schedule Monday, with weekend schedules in place on branch lines.

DoorDash will halt its delivery service by 8:30 p.m., just before Mamdani’s travel ban begins.

More than 1,700 flights have been canceled into or out of the metro area’s three main airports at the start of a blizzard that could see 28 inches fall overnight Sunday and well into Monday.

As of Sunday afternoon, John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens led the pack with 720 cancelations, according to data from FlightAware.

Battling it out for second and third place were LaGuardia Airport, with 560 flights canceled, in Queens and New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport, where 461 flights have been canceled.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has warned the storm could be one of the 10 worst blizzards ever to hit the Big Apple.

DoorDash is halting deliveries in New York City until at least noon Monday as a brutal blizzard is set to pound the metro area.

The delivery service said in a statement that it will cease operations no later than 8:30 Sunday night — just before Mayor Mamdani’s travel ban goes into effect at 9 p.m.

Service will be shuttered until “at least” noon Monday, the company said.

DoorDash warned it “may shut down sooner” if conditions worsen.

“New York City is bracing itself ahead of a historic blizzard — the first in nearly a decade — with a foot of snow or more and dangerous wind gusts expected,” said DoorDash rep Julian Crowley.

“We’re suspending operations early to keep Dashers safe and off the streets before the travel ban takes effect. We’re closely monitoring conditions and will resume as soon as it’s safe to do so.”

The company says it will continue to monitor conditions as well as guidance from local officials.

New York City subway service will be disrupted — and the Long Island Rail Road completely shut down — because of the blizzard set to wallop the region, the MTA said Sunday.

The agency said it would begin cutting back its LIRR service at 7 p.m. Sunday, reducing it to hourly on the Port Jefferson and Port Washington branches — and half-hourly on the Babylon Branch.

Metro-North will meanwhile be operating on a holiday schedule Monday, with weekend schedules in place on the branch lines.

But the Hudson Rail Link connecting bus will be suspended, as well as shuttles that have been substituting for the Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry due to river ice.

The New York City subways will continue running through the storm but on modified service, with express service primarily operating on local tracks.

Starting Sunday night, modified service will also be in effect in the Rockaways, with shuttle trains running between Euclid Avenue and the Rockaways and serving all stations.

The Staten Island Railway will be running a weekend schedule Monday.

Bus service will also be scaled down depending on local road conditions.

The MTA urges riders to check the status of their routes before leaving the house at its website.

Sunday’s nor’easter is beginning to kick into high gear with rapid snowfall now recorded in New York City and part of northern New Jersey.

“Conditions will rapidly deteriorate late this afternoon into the evening with snow accumulations ramping up from south to north,” the National Weather Service’s New York office wrote on X.

Forecasters have warned that the snowfall could reach 2 to 4 inches of snow an hour as the height of the storm is expected to hit at around 5 p.m.

New Jersey has issued a full blizzard warning across the entire state, with New York issuing a state of emergency for the duration of the storm.

Mayor Mamdani has declared a travel ban on roadways in the five boroughs starting at 9 p.m. Sunday as part of his state of emergency for the city.

He said the ban “will not be about enforcement,” leaving it unclear just how effective the order will be.

The Democratic socialist mayor has been eager to get his administration out in front of the upcoming blizzard after its botched response to last month’s winter blast.

Mamdani announced the Staten Island Ferry will be suspended starting at 5 p.m. this evening, and already announced schools will be closed city-wide Monday, with not even remote learning.

As much as 28 inches of snow could fall overnight Sunday, coupled with wind gusts in excess of 50 mph.

Mamdani warned the storm could be one of the 10 worst the city has ever faced

The Staten Island Ferry will be suspended starting at 5 p.m. Sunday as the massive winter storm bears down on the Big Apple, Mayor Mamdani announced.

The blizzard is expected to dump as much as 28 inches of snow in parts of the city Sunday night into Monday — accompanied by wind gusts as high as 55 mph — and could be one of the 10 worst blizzards in Big Apple history.

The Democratic socialist mayor, who earned poor marks for his administration’s handling of last month’s winter storm and subsequent cold snap, has made a big show of mobilizing more city resources to tackle the next round of severe weather

The blizzard bearing down on the Big Apple is now set to bury it in up to 28 inches of snow — and expected to be one of the 10 worst storms in its history, Mayor Mamdani warned Sunday.

As New York City braced for the powerful nor’easter, Mamdani said Gotham is mobilizing all its resources to keep New Yorkers during the storm, which is expected to bring up to 55 mph winds, monster whiteout conditions and coastal flooding.

New York has not faced a storm of this scale in the last decade,” Mamdani said at a noon press conference.

The mayor also cautioned residents to be careful while shoveling the large amount of snow expected.

“I want to warn New Yorkers, the snow will be especially wet and heavy, and will be more strenuous to clear. Please exercise caution when clearing out vehicles and paths.”