NYC Snowstorm: Mayor Leaves No Stone Unturned as the City Braces for Record Snowstorm

The National Weather Service is predicting 2 to 3 feet of snow across New York City and the city’s mayor Bill de Blasio is preparing for the worst.

A woman covers her face while walking through the snow in New York City on Feb. 13. New York is expecting up to 3 feet of snow by late night, Jan. 27, 2015. John Moore/Getty Images

The National Weather Service is predicting 2 to 3 feet of snow across New York City and Mayor Bill de Blasio is preparing for the worst.

After receiving strong criticism last January—just after his first term as mayor began—for failing to clear snow in the Upper East Side, the mayor is making extraordinary preparations for “something worse than we have seen before,” he said.

All of the appropriate city agencies are working together with the mayor for what is expected to be one of the top three largest storms in the history of the city.

In a press conference on Sunday, Jan. 25, Mayor de Blasio announced that nearly 500 salt spreaders would be on the roads ahead of the storm. He also said that after the first few inches of snow fall, up to 1,500 snowplows will be deployed.

We are blessed with the finest workforce ready for emergencies.

— Mayor Bill de Blasio