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| Snow Is Forecast, but Mayor Says |
| Snow Is Forecast, but Mayor Says New York City Won't Shut Down
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 2-February-2015
12:11:26 PM |
| Mayor Bill de Blasio warned New Yorkers on Sunday that more snow was expected in the city overnight, but he said officials were prepared to handle the storm and schools were expected to open on Monday morning.
The latest forecast called for 2 to 5 inches of snow by Monday morning, with up to 7 inches possible, de Blasio said at a news conference on Sunday afternoon. The snowstorm comes less than a week after much of the city shut down for a storm that brought significantly less snow than predicted.
The mayor said he would watch the forecast overnight and make a final decision about schools early Monday. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's subways and buses will run on Monday, he said, noting that commuters should take mass transit if possible because roads could be dangerous.
"Based on what we know now, school will be open, MTA will be running pretty smoothly," the mayor said. "You will experience delays; people should give themselves extra time and should act carefully."
De Blasio cautioned that snow could be unpredictable, as the city learned last week. Asked whether he felt sheepish for holding another briefing on a snowstorm a week later, de Blasio said he did not.
"I make decisions for a living. That's what the people sent me here to do," he said. "We take the information we have; we make the best decision we can with it. I will always err on the side of safety."
City and state officials were criticized last week for bringing the city to a halt when less than 10 inches of snow fell, much less than the two or three feet that had been predicted. The subway system was shut down because of a snow forecast for the first time in its 110-year history
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