{"id":142658,"date":"2026-02-23T13:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/142658\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:51:08","slug":"new-nycem-commissioner-oversees-blizzard-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/142658\/","title":{"rendered":"New NYCEM Commissioner oversees blizzard response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christina Farrell, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2026\/02\/16\/zohran-mamdani-appoints-new-nyc-emergency-management-commissioner-christina-farrell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">just named commissioner of New York City\u2019s Office of Emergency Management last week<\/a>, is overseeing the city\u2019s response to a major snowstorm that has dumped more than a foot of snow across much of the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been quite a week,\u201d Farrell told \u201cMornings On 1\u201d Monday. \u201cWe\u2019ve been here all night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farrell said the city is monitoring major power outages in the Rockaways and other areas and is opening additional warming centers to support residents without electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Farrell credited the city\u2019s travel ban and school closures with helping emergency crews operate more efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing is always public safety,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd it really helps with the plow, if they can get out, have the roads clear, and keep pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farrell said special attention is being paid to pedestrian paths, bike lanes, and other areas that posed challenges during the last storm.<\/p>\n<p>The blizzard, the first in eight years to prompt a citywide warning, has prompted a travel ban for nonessential vehicles through noon Monday and led Mayor Zohran Mamdani to close public schools.<\/p>\n<p>Tap the video player above to watch the interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christina Farrell, who was just named commissioner of New York City\u2019s Office of Emergency Management last week, is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2274,25,1434,2275,9,24,11,10,12,1103,27,200,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-142658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-app-mornings-on-1","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-app-weather","11":"tag-mornings-on-1","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-news","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-spectrum-news-ny1","18":"tag-top-stories","19":"tag-vod","20":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142658","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=142658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}