Cold eases but still frigid | Live Updates

In coordination with the National Weather Service, NYCEM is monitoring a coastal low-pressure system expected to bring cold temperatures, breezy winds and a very small potential of light snow to the city, which may lead to slick road conditions and potential travel disruptions over the weekend.

"New Yorkers should take this cold weather seriously. Temperatures are dangerously low, with icy conditions as a result, and even short trips can be dangerous. If you can, stay indoors, keep warm, and limit time outside. If you need to travel, use public transportation and give yourself extra time. City agencies are working around the clock to clear streets, improve road conditions, and get New Yorkers indoors and out of the cold as we continue recovering from last weekend's heavy snowfall. As we face what could be the harshest stretch of cold weather in New York City history, we all must do our part and stay prepared," said New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani.

"As cleanup from last weekend's storm continues, even light additional snowfall and extreme cold can create challenges," said NYCEM Commissioner Zach Iscol. "We encourage New Yorkers to stay alert, look out for their neighbors, and travel carefully."

The dangerous bitter cold is not good for the skin or infrastructure in Yonkers, where residents are still digging out their cars, and crews are using heavy machinery to haul away huge snow piles.

Layers were an absolute must on Friday, yet another day of subfreezing temperatures, made worse by a brisk wind.

Yonkers is nicknamed the City of Seven Hills, but even for emergency vehicles, navigating tight, snow-packed streets is difficult.

The Department of Public Works Snow Emergency Command Center remains active.

Crews are using heavy machinery to haul away huge snow piles that have not melted. Outside contractors have even been brought in to help speed up overnight work. The initial focus is clearing main arteries for emergency vehicles, then clearing commercial districts.

Eyewitness News reporter Marcus Solis has more on how the city is coping with the cold and leftover snow.

Marcus Solis has the latest on cold temperatures in Yonkers.

It is so cold out there, even wild animals are trying to warm up.

Our sister station WPVI said a viewer sent in a photo of a fox that snuck into the Giant grocery store in Broomall, Delaware County.

The creature was curled up asleep on a lower shelf for at least an hour before animal control removed it.

Officials on Staten Island are clashing with the city's sanitation department over how it has handled snow removal operations following last weekend's winter storm.

The snow is lingering a lot longer than expected, despite efforts by teams of sanitation workers. Staten Island residents told Eyewitness News that they feel like they've been given a cold shoulder.

"It is a slap in the face to the people of Staten Island that somebody decided that Staten Island was not as important as Brooklyn," said Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella.

The borough president says crews were taken out of Staten Island and moved to Brooklyn, and that's why the outer borough is still buried in tons of unmoved snow.

The New York City Sanitation Department claims the borough had its full complement of sanitation crews doing snow removal and garbage pick up, but adds that crews are shifted to others boroughs.

"Staten Island has a massive snow plan - due to the number of streets and especially the number of narrow streets - and no changes, no subtractions were made to this plan during this storm," the department said in a statement. "On Wednesday night, with the more than enough personnel to complete trash collection and fulfill all snow operations, some workers above the planned number were sent to Brooklyn to assist there."