NYC issues emergency due to blizzard. Schools go to distance education

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) – New York Mayor De 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
First respond
Health care and home care workers
Police officers
Peacekeepers
Any other workers involved in important city services
Delivery of food, medical supplies or fuel
News media
Hotel workers
Homeless shelter and outreach workers
Utilities doing emergency repairs
Persons employed in pharmacies, grocery stores (including all food and beverage stores), convenience stores, bodegas, gas stations, laundries, hotels, restaurants / bars and hardware stores
Individuals seeking medical treatment or medical supplies
Rental vehicles used to transport persons transported to perform any of these services to and from their jobs

The mayor warned New Yorkers not to like travel as the storm’s intensity worsens.

715 salt spreaders, 2000 plows are ready to clear roads, with another 120 plows to join the fleet from other city agencies.

As of Saturday, more than 500 miles of riding horse had been saturated and pre-treated by sanitation in the city.

All New York City students are going to remote learning about the winter storm on Monday. As for Tuesday, de Blasio says no decision has been made yet.

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

All Catholic Elementary Schools in the Archdiocese of New York will be closed on Monday, February 1 due to the expected major snowstorm. Monday will be a ‘traditional snow day’ without instruction from a distance. In all Catholic schools, snow days are built into their calendars with contingencies to set the teaching time.

High schools in archdiocese operate independently, so high school families must follow the instructions of their individual schools.

Monday’s COVID vaccine appointments will be rescheduled due to the impending snowstorm.

“Last thing we want to do is encourage our elderly to get out in the middle of a storm like this,” 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 for open restaurants / open streets on Monday night will also be canceled.

A dangerous travel advice will take effect for Monday and Tuesday.

DSNY is divided into shifts of 12 to 12 hours to work 24 hours a day. The city has more than 270,000 tons of salt and 320,000 gallons of calcium chloride on hand.

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