It will be another day of tough sledding in the snow-weary city.
Public schools are open as the city braces for another dose of unwanted winter weather, with snow giving way to a wintry mix Thursday afternoon before switching back to snow for the evening commute.
The National Weather Service forecasts 8 to 12 inches of snow to accumulate in the city.
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A worker clears snow from a sidewalk in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in the early hours of February 13, 2014. Snow is expected to blanket New York City on Thursday, with as much as 12 inches of powder expected.
Approxmiately 1,700 snow plows and 450 salt spreaders were deployed on city streets once the flakes began falling, Department of Sanitation spokesman said.
The agency is expecting between 6 and 10 inches of snow.
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A view of a snow covered car in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in the early hours of February 13, 2014. A deadly ice storm stranded scores of people on slick roads and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of US homes as winter-weary Americans dug in against Mother Nature's latest blow. Accumulation of between 4 to 8 inches, 10 to 20 cm, was expected by the morning. AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
The city Office of Emergency Management has issued a hazardous travel advisory and winter storm warning for Thursday and Friday.
People are encouraged to avoid the roads and use mass transit, which has not been hit with any major delays or disruptions as of Thursday morning.
MTA Subway and Long Island Rail Road are running on normal schedules. Metro-North service has been reduced, with some trains combined and other trains making additional stops.
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A shopper at a grocery store waits in a long line with items such as a food and a snow shovel, seen at center, as people stocked up on items ahead of an approaching snowstorm, in Alexandria, Virginia.
Meanwhile, air travel has been hampered by the wintry blast — more than 3,300 flights have been cancelled across the country, according to FlightAware, which tracks depatures and arrivals.
PSEG, the utility company that services Long Island, is reporting 66 customers without power in Levittown Thursday morning.
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Snow falls on the Martin Luther King Memorial, on February 13, 2014 in Washington, DC. The east coast was hit with a winter snowstorm with the Washington area expecting up to 8 inches of snow before it ends.
New Jersey was a bit more bullish on battening down the hatches. Gov. Christie declared a state of emergency on Wednesday — a full day ahead of the storm — closing state offices and dispatching first responders.
One of the few bits of solace: alternate side parking regulations are suspended Thursday, Friday and Saturday as officials prepare to dig out from another dump of snowflakes.
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Workers clear snow from a sidewalk in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in the early hours of February 13, 2014. A deadly ice storm stranded scores of people on slick roads and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of U.S. homes as winter-weary Americans dug in against Mother Nature's latest blow.
The deep South received a pummeling of snow, sleet and ice that left 12 dead, cripped transportation and left residents begging for mercy.
In Texas, three people died when an ambulance careened off an icy road and became engulfed in flames. A paramedic and two passengers died, according to reports. Two weather-related traffic deaths were reported in Mississippi.
Icy wind gusts snapped powerlines and caused outages for more than 500,000 customers.
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Snow plows push snow off of Pennsylvania Ave. near the U.S. Capitol building, on February 13, 2014 in Washington, DC. The east coast was hit with a winter snowstorm with the Washington area expecting up to 8 inches of snow before it ends.
Roughly 350,000 homes and businesses were without power in Georgia. South Carolina reported 245,000 reported power outages.
It makes those across the eastern seaboard long for a one-way ticket to Sochi, Russia.
Temperatures at the site of the Winter Olympics were a balmy 63 degrees, with some in attendance taking dips in the Black Sea.
