{"id":142820,"date":"2026-02-23T16:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/142820\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:22:12","slug":"mamdani-announces-state-of-emergency-travel-ban-for-nyc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/142820\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani announces state of emergency, travel ban for NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK (WABC) &#8212; A powerful winter storm has buried parts of the Tri-State area under two feet of snow, with whiteout conditions and hurricane-force winds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Visibility in Times Square dropped to near zero as heavy snow bands continued pushing through New York City, northern New Jersey and Long Island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Meteorologist Dani Beckstrom says the wind has been &#8220;such a huge part of the weather story,&#8221; with gusts still reaching 40 mph and earlier peak gusts even more extreme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The National Weather Service reported an 84 mph gust at Montauk Point (from an elevated observation site) and 64 mph in Stony Brook, both equivalent to hurricane-force winds. Other peak gusts topped 60 mph in Kew Gardens Hills and Fordham.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/weather\/alerts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blizzard warnings remain in effect until 6 p.m., with winds expected to ease only late this afternoon.<\/a>Snowfall Totals Already Surpassing Two Feet<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Snow continues falling across all five boroughs, Long Island, northeast New Jersey, the Hudson Valley and Connecticut. While northern areas are now tapering off, pockets of intense snow remain across Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Westchester, Fairfield County and Long Island.<\/p>\n<p>Storm Timeline: Slow Improvement This Afternoon<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Snow intensity will gradually weaken late morning into midday, with the final flakes wrapping up in New York City and points west by 2-3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Eastern Long Island will take longer, with snow lingering into the late afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">After sunset:<br class=\" \"\/>Winds will finally fall below damaging levels.<br class=\" \"\/>Temperatures drop below freezing area-wide.<br class=\" \"\/>Any untreated roads, sidewalks or driveways will refreeze overnight.<br class=\" \"\/>Wind chills fall into the single digits and low teens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><br class=\" \"\/>Tuesday brings cold but brighter weather. Another round of light snow is possible early Wednesday morning, but meteorologists stress it will be minor compared to this system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">More updates will be provided throughout the day as blizzard conditions continue to impact the area.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/>LATEST ACCUWEATHER FORECAST<\/p>\n<p>Meteorologists Brittany Bell and Dani Beckstrom have your AccuWeather Alert forecast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Please fill out the form below to submit weather photos and videos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/image-video-solicitation-and-rights-terms-of-use\/5101040\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Terms of use apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (WABC) &#8212; A powerful winter storm has buried parts of the Tri-State area under two feet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[59385,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-142820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-59385","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-ny","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-nyc-headlines","13":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142820","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=142820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}