NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani pronounces journey ban forward of main blizzard

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani introduced a city-wide journey ban forward of an anticipated blizzard on Sunday.

Mamdani held a press convention to announce he was declaring a state of emergency forward of the winter storm, saying all metropolis streets, highways and bridges will probably be closed to non-emergency site visitors beginning at 9 p.m. Sunday and remaining in impact till midday Monday.

The blanket restriction applies to all automobiles, together with automobiles, vehicles, scooters and e-bikes, with slim exemptions granted just for important emergency actions and demanding service employees.

Millions throughout the Northeast are below blizzard warnings as a robust bomb cyclone prepares to dump as much as 2 ft of snow alongside the I-95 hall. Experts have warned residents to count on 70 mph wind gusts, and widespread energy outages because the historic storm intensifies via Sunday evening.

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks throughout a information convention about preparations for an approaching winter storm. (Angela Weiss/AFP through Getty Images)

More than 7,000 flights had been canceled throughout the Northeast area as of Sunday afternoon.

New York City, Boston and Philadelphia are all projected to obtain between 18 and 24 inches of snow.

The nation’s capital remains to be anticipated to see 5-8 inches, together with close by Baltimore, whose projections have come down in a single day.

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Blizzard warnings at the moment are in place for 29 million Americans.

New York City on Saturday put out a name for emergency snow shovelers forward of the storm.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a State of Emergency for New York City, and Mamdani introduced outreach groups have been mobilized.

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The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) introduced Saturday it’s recruiting non permanent, per diem shovelers to take away snow and ice from public areas, together with bus stops, crosswalks, hearth hydrants and step streets.

Snow in Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Jan. 17, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service through Getty Images)

While pay is beneficiant, beginning at $19.14 per hour and growing to $28.71 per hour after the primary 40 hours labored in every week, employees should meet various necessities to be eligible.

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Shovelers have to be a minimum of 18 years outdated, capable of carry out heavy bodily labor and eligible to work within the U.S., in accordance with the division.

Fox News’ Mike Rawlins and Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.