New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a city-wide travel ban ahead of an expected blizzard on Sunday.
Mamdani held a press conference to announce he was declaring a state of emergency ahead of the winter storm, saying all city streets, highways and bridges will be closed to non-emergency traffic starting at 9 p.m. Sunday and remaining in effect until noon Monday.
The blanket restriction applies to all vehicles, including cars, trucks, scooters and e-bikes, with narrow exemptions granted only for essential emergency movements and critical service workers.
Millions across the Northeast are under blizzard warnings as a powerful bomb cyclone prepares to dump up to 2 feet of snow along the I-95 corridor. Experts have warned residents to expect 70 mph wind gusts, and widespread power outages as the historic storm intensifies through Sunday night.
