New York Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Winter Storm
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York declared a state of emergency as a winter storm descended on the Northeast on Friday evening. But at a news conference, he said that while the storm was expected to cause problems, including widespread power failures, the people of the state had recently lived through much worse.
“This is a serious, severe storm but we just went through some really terrible storms with Hurricane Sandy,” he said. “We are not anticipating anything like that.”
Mr. Cuomo announced that area airports would stop operations Friday night and said there were already 3,000 people without power.
In Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick took the unusual step of banning all cars from the roads in the state starting at 4 p.m. The governor of Connecticut, Dannel P. Malloy, also ordered all but emergency vehicles off the state’s highways.
The New York Times will be providing continuous updates on the storm.
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