00:00While the continuity of our children's education is of the utmost importance to ensure the safety of students, parents, and
00:07teachers throughout this storm, schools will be closed tomorrow.
00:11This will be New York City's first old school snow day since 2019.
00:16The state requires us to conduct 180 days of education in a calendar year.
00:22However, we believe that there are a unique set of extenuating circumstances for tomorrow's education.
00:27We shared this with the State Education Commissioner earlier this morning, and she has granted us a waiver for which
00:33we are incredibly thankful.
00:35And to kids across New York City, you have a very serious mission if you choose to accept it.
00:40Stay cozy.
00:42Across the city, other non-essential city offices and services, including our libraries, will also be closed to the public.
00:48The Staten Island and New York City ferries will discontinue service beginning at 5 p.m. this evening and restart
00:54early Monday morning.
00:56Restart late Monday morning, rather.
00:58Alternate side parking will be suspended tomorrow.
01:01Our agency teams have been working around the clock to ready our city for this storm.
01:05We are taking every precaution and are prepared for the intense volume of snow to come.
01:10Code Blue is in effect, with outreach workers canvassing all five boroughs 24-7 and helping homeless New Yorkers come
01:17inside.
01:18Just last night, these outreach workers made 86 placements, bringing homeless New Yorkers inside to safety.
01:25Every New Yorker seeking warmth and shelter will be able to find it in our city.
01:29We have 22 warming buses, 11 health and hospitals warming spaces, and 13 school warming centers open across our city.
01:37We have also redeployed our health and hospital's mobile warming unit to provide medical attention, food, and additional support to
01:44those who need it.
01:45Our on-point overdose prevention centers will also remain open overnight tonight.
01:50You can find the location of a warming center near you and the locations of all warming centers across our
01:56city at any LinkNYC kiosk or by calling 311.
01:59You can find the location of a warming center near you and the location of one.
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