Public schools remain open, flights canceled at JFK, LaGuardia airports Snowstorm hits NYC

The city has been walloped by yet another heavy snowfall, but kids are still gonna have to get to class on time.
Schools Chancellor Cathie Black declared that public schools will remain open early this morning, with the city so far being hit with between 6 to 8 inches of snow across the five boroughs.







School field trips scheduled for today have been canceled, however. A handful of private schools have closed.

Those looking to catch a flight today will be stuck waiting out the storm. Most domestic flights at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark airports were canceled until early Wednesday afternoon, a spokesman for The Port Authority told CNN.

Mayor Bloomberg declared a "weather emergency" well before the snow began to fall in New York City at approximately 9 p.m. ET.

The bad weather offered an opportunity for redemption after city officials bungled the Dec. 26 blizzard that left buses, ambulances and plows stranded.

"We recognize that we did not do the job that New Yorkers rightly expected," he said. "We intend to make sure that does not happen again."