NYC issues emergency due to snowstorm, schools move to distance learning

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) – New York City Mayor Blasio has issued a state of emergency, including restricting all non-essential travel from 6 a.m. Monday.

The following categories are exempt from these restrictions:
Public transport workers
The first respondents
Health and home care workers
Police officers
Peace officers
Any other workers employed in vital services of the city
Delivery of food, medical supplies or fuel
Media news
Hotel workers
Shelter workers and homeless care
Utility workers performing emergency repairs
People employed in pharmacies, grocery stores (including all food and beverage stores), shops, wineries, gas stations, laundries, hotels, restaurants / bars and hardware
People seeking medical treatment or medical supplies
Hired vehicles, used for the transport of persons employed to perform any of these services to and from their places of work

The mayor warned New Yorkers to refrain from traveling as the storm intensified.

715 salt spreaders, 2000 plows are ready for road cleaning, with an additional 120 plows to join the fleet from other city agencies.

As of Saturday, more than 500 miles of road have been salted and pre-treated by the city’s sanitation.

All New York students will move to distance learning on Monday because of the winter storm. As for Tuesday, de Blasio says no decision has been made yet.

Food distribution will be canceled at schools, as well as the learning childcare program for Monday.

All Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of New York will be closed on Monday, February 1, due to a major snowstorm. Monday will be a “traditional snow day” without remote instructions. All Catholic schools have snow days built into their calendars, with unforeseen situations to make up for training time.

Archbishop’s high schools operate independently, so high school families must follow the instructions in their individual schools.

Schedules for the COVID vaccine on Monday will be rescheduled due to the impending snowstorm.

“The last thing we want to do is urge our seniors to come out in the midst of such a storm,” de Blasio told a news conference Sunday morning. – It does not make sense.

Alternative side parking for Monday and Tuesday has been canceled. The mayor says the program of open restaurants / streets open on Monday evenings is also canceled.

A dangerous travel recommendation will take effect on Monday and Tuesday.

DSNY was divided into shifts of 2 to 12 hours to work non-stop. The city has over 270,000 tons of salt and 320,000 gallons of calcium chloride at hand.

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