Charge your cellphones and other mobile devices while you have power. If several appliances start up at once, the electric circuits may overload. If your power goes out, disconnect or turn off appliances that would otherwise turn on automatically when service is restored. Never plug a generator into a wall unit, use it indoors, or set it up outdoors near open home windows or air-handling vents. Follow the manufacturer's instructions for installing and using a portable generator. The transformers are gray metal drums attached to the wires and poles. Members of the public should also avoid transformers that are brought to the ground. If a power line falls on your car while you're in it, stay inside the vehicle and wait for emergency personnel. Report all downed wires to Con Edison and your local police department immediately. Be mindful that downed wires can be hidden from view by snow, tree limbs, leaves or water. Never attempt to move them or touch them with any object. Sidewalks should be passable for all pedestrians, including a minimum 4-foot clear path, where possible. Snow may be moved against the building, to the curb line, or areas on private property. Property owners may not move snow from sidewalks into bike lanes.Ĭity officials are reminding property owners, including restaurants with outdoor dining structures, that they may not push snow into the street, including bike lanes. Protected bike lanes will be pretreated with brine and cleared as quickly as possible. While the DSNY's initial focus during an active snow event is to keep the roadways clear for emergency vehicles to ensure New Yorkers never lose access to critical medical, fire and police services, plowing and salting of bike lanes will begin after the emergency roadway work is underway. To prevent damage from the weight of snow, restaurants should remove the tops of structures if possible or regularly clear snow off, without putting it back into the street. The city says Open Restaurants roadway dining may operate as normal during the storm if the business owner deems it is safe to do so. We are going to have thousands of sanitation workers out there plowing, salting and making sure New York City is safe." "However, our head count - despite COVID outages - is very very adequate for this storm. ![]() "We ask all New Yorkers to give us the time we need, remember the men and women who are going to be fighting the storm for you are also the men and women who pick up your refuse and recycling, so we will be in a service delay as we respond to the storm," Grayson said. Officials said 22% of the department was out sick as of Thursday, but that number was fluid and fluctuating each day. The DSNY Snow Alert means trash and recycling is delayed during snow removal, and Mayor Eric Adams announced that Alternate Side Parking regulations are suspended through Saturday to facilitate snow operations. We will continue to carefully monitor road conditions and will be working with our partners at the New York City Department of Sanitation to make sure bus routes are passable." DSNY Snow Alert: On buses, articulated buses will be fitted for chains ahead of the Friday morning rush hour. "Subway crews will be out before, during and after the storm to make sure staircases and platforms are clear. "While we are encouraging riders to avoid non-essential travel, the subway, bus and paratransit system will be running for those who need it," New York City Transit Interim President Craig Cipriano said. ![]() MTA employees were spreading salt and clearing surfaces of snow, keeping signals, switches, and third rail operating, and were attending to any weather-related challenges. Metro-North is operating on a Saturday schedule with additional trains during morning and evening peak periods, and the agency says all articulated buses have been fitted with chains. The MTA urged customers to avoid non-essential travel ahead.
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