New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani banned most travel across the nation’s largest city from 9 p.m. Sunday through noon Monday, an extraordinary measure reflecting the test a historic blizzard hitting the region poses.
Mamdani also canceled classes for the city’s public schools on Monday with no remote learning.
The incoming weather is Mamdani’s second major snowstorm since becoming mayor on New Year’s Day. Once again, the 34-year-old former state assemblyman’s decisions, and how they’ll affect 8.5 million New Yorkers, will be closely watched by supporters and detractors alike.
He drew some questions for having remote learning during the January snowstorm, given the…