NYC Enacts Travel Ban, Cancels School as Winter Storm Begins

Feb. 22, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

New York City will close streets, highways and bridges to most traffic as an intense winter storm barrels down on the region.

The travel ban will begin at 9 p.m. on Sunday and end at noon on Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced. He also declared a state of emergency.

“We are asking New Yorkers to avoid all non-essential travel,” Mamdani said in a news conference. “For your safety, stay home, stay inside and stay off the roads.”

The mayor also announced that public-school students will have a snow day on Monday as flakes began to fall in what is expected ...

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