Skip to Main ContentNYC Mayor Gives In: Snow Day!New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani canceled classes for the city’s public schools on Monday -- with no remote learning -- due to a blizzard hitting the nation’s largest city.Although this is the city's second major snowstorm since Mamdani became mayor on New Year’s Day, he broke hearts in January when he ordered students to attend virtual classes. He did, however, jokingly announce that kids could vent their frustration by hitting him with a snowball.But, with 18 to 22 inches of snow forecast overnight and power outages possible on Monday, Mamdani decided to give the kids and school staffers a day off. He only asked that they stay indoors until after the storm has passed.See All UpdatesClose