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NEW YORK – Dozens of schools across New York and New Jersey are closed as a powerful winter storm<\/a> moves into the region, placing the New York City area under a blizzard watch for the first time in a decade.<\/p>\n As snow continues to fall, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency<\/a> for the five boroughs and issued a travel ban from 9 p.m. Sunday to 12 p.m. Monday, as residents brace for a potentially historic blizzard that could dump up to 24 inches of snow.<\/p>\n In New Jersey, state police issued a mandatory overnight travel restriction from 9 p.m. Sunday through 7 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n Track school closings and delays<\/a> for Monday, Feb. 23 in New York,<\/a> New Jersey<\/a> and Connecticut.<\/p>\n JUMP TO: NEW YORK<\/a> l NEW JERSEY<\/a> l CONNECTICUT<\/a><\/p>\n MORE: Click HERE<\/a> for real-time school closing updates. <\/p>\n Stay connected with FOX LOCAL. For 24\/7 winter storm coverage\u2014Download Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n List of school closings and delays <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n New York school closings Central Islip School District: ClosedIona Preparatory School: ClosedLiberty Central School District: ClosedMalverne School District: ClosedNorth Shore School District: ClosedNYC Public Schools: ClosedPoughkeepsie City School District: ClosedRockville Centre School District: ClosedTuckahoe School District: ClosedWhite Plains City School District: Closed New Jersey school closings Bergen County Special Services: ClosedBergen County Technical Schools: ClosedBergenfield Elementary School: ClosedBergenfield High & Middle School: ClosedCloster School District: ClosedDumont School District: ClosedEnglewood City School District: ClosedEssex County Vocational School District: ClosedFair Lawn Schools: ClosedHighland Park School District: ClosedMaywood Avenue Elementary: ClosedMontclair Child Development Center: ClosedParisian Beauty Academy: ClosedRidgefield Park ATC: ClosedSpringfield Adult Training: ClosedWallington School District: ClosedWashington Elementary, Little Ferry: ClosedWatchung Borough School District: ClosedWest New York Public Schools: Closed Connecticut school closings <\/p>\n Check back for updates.<\/p>\n The Source: This report is based on information from the schools listed.<\/p>\n Severe Weather<\/a>New York City Schools<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK – Dozens of schools across New York and New Jersey are closed as a powerful winter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[67,9,24,55,54,12,56,5530,806,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-142577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-education","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-city-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc-schools","16":"tag-severe-weather","17":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}