STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Con Edison is sending out texts to New York City customers warning of the impending blizzard that is predicted to dump over 20 inches of snow over the five boroughs.
The text reads: “ConEd Alert: We’re preparing for the snow storm in your area today & tomorrow. If you lose power, reply OUT to get restoration updates. Stay away from downed wires.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office confirmed that Con Ed “mobilized additional crews, has mutual aid on standby, and will be working 24/7 to respond to any weather-related service issues” in a written statement.
Additional utility employees are being stationed in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan in order to “maintain service of our underground system.”
The Con Ed Outage Map, where residents can see where outages are occurring, can be found here: https://outagemap.coned.com/external/default.html.
Con Ed services most of the five boroughs into some upstate regions of New York.
AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dan Pydynowski told the Advance/SILive.com that the worst weather — the expected blizzard — will come later on Sunday and into early Monday morning.
“The worst of it is going to be this evening and then really into Sunday night and Monday. That’s when we’re going to see the heaviest of the snow and the winds really crank up,” Pydynowski said.
Storm conditions will increase in intensity beginning around 6 p.m., the senior meteorologist said.
“That’s when our conditions are going to deteriorate pretty quickly, in terms of the snow really starting to come down and pick up, and streets and roads and sidewalks and all that become snow covered very quickly,” Pydynowski said.
Mamdani issued a local state of emergency Sunday afternoon, which will close city roads from 9 p.m. Sunday to noon Monday to all except essential vehicles.