The sledding hill was closed from 2002 to 2004 and reconfigured to try to make it safer after at least three lawsuits over crashes. The National Weather Service (NWS) predicted up to eight inches of snow for New York City and two to four inches in Washington, DC. The Northeast was blanketed with more snow on Sunday, less than a week after a storm dumped as much as 2 feet on the region. Temperatures in New York City are expected to drop from the mid-30s on Sunday afternoon to the 20s overnight, and remain below freezing until Tuesday. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday's snowfall, which started at around 9am in the city, would not close all of the COVID-19 vaccination sites.

Source: The Nation February 08, 2021 00:22 UTC