NYC Schools Will Reopen Friday, Mayor Says

NEW YORK CITY — Prepare to destroy your kids’ dreams of an extra-long weekend — public schools will reopen Friday after the "bomb cyclone" snow day, city officials announced. All New York City district schools will reopen Friday, but yellow bus field trips will be cancelled, the mayor’s office said in a statement.

“At this moment, we expect school to be open tomorrow,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday morning in an address from the Office of Emergency Management.

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“We’ll have updates later in the day, but given that the storm is expected to abate in the next few hours, we do expect school to be open.”

Public schools — as well as after-school, adult education, Young Adult Borough Center and Public School Athletic League programs — were cancelled Thursday as the city faced a Winter Weather Emergency.

The snowstorm is expected to drop up to 10 inches on New York City and bring wind gusts as strong as 50 MPH.

Patch writer Noah Manskar contributed to this report.

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