New York City subways and buses will keep running throughout the weekend snowstorm, the MTA said. NJ Transit, however, warned of possible suspensions.

The 20 million people of the New York City metro area are bracing for the impacts of the winter storm that's now predicted to bury the city under up to a foot of snow, snarling travel, closing schools,

Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in anticipation of a major snowstorm forecast to blitz Staten Island and the rest of New York State with a foot or more of snow and frigid temperatures this weekend.