India, Feb. 23 -- New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered on Sunday that the entire city's traffic network would be shut down barring emergency travel. This comes as a massive snowstorm has started to hit the US.

The travel ban begins from 9 pm and all non-essential vehicles are restricted from the roads of NYC till 12 pm on February 23, as per an alert screenshot shared by a local news reporter. "EMERGENCY ALERTS FIRING ACROSS NEW YORK CITY," the PIX11News journalist wrote.

Several people on social media shared maps of the areas that would be affected.

"New York Mayor Mamdani has issued a state of emergency amid dangerous blizzard conditions; a travel ban begins at 9 pm ET and continues until noon ET tomorrow. All NON-ESSENTIAL VEH...