Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a state of emergency on Sunday night due to the monster storm that is expected to engulf New York City.
Residents were asked to stay home during the storm all non-essential travel limited from Monday at 06:00.
“This is a very dangerous storm,” the mayor told NY1.
Only those seeking medical treatment or medical supplies and essential workers – such as first responders, pharmacy and grocery store staff and restaurant and delivery workers – may be allowed on the roads.
“New Yorkers need to stay home, keep the roads open for emergency vehicles and make our plows work to keep us safe,” de Blasio said in a statement.
“Make no mistake: this storm will cause heavy rainfall and it will make travel dangerous in every area of our city.”
The storm – called Orlena by the Weather Channel – is expected to pour between 18 and 24 centimeters of snow on the Big Apple until Monday and until Tuesday.
The heaviest snowfall is forecast until Monday morning until evening, with the possibility that flakes may decrease 1 to 3 centimeters per hour.
The mixture of heavy snow and stormy winds can lead to blizzard conditions.
This would be the first time in at least five years that the city has covered more than a foot of snow during a single storm.
De Blasio said earlier on Sunday that appointments for coronavirus vaccinations scheduled for Monday have been postponed due to the looming storm, with the decision on the appointments on Tuesday yet to be made.
“It will be rescheduled quickly,” he later told NY1 about the appointments Monday.
“We don’t want people trying to get vaccinated and end up being bad during this weather.”
Personal tutoring at the city’s public schools was also scrapped for Monday, with classes moving online.
Alternative parking was suspended Monday and Tuesday.