N.Y. Today: The latest snowstorm
Here’s what you need to know for Monday.
New York Today
February 23, 2026

By Shauntel Lowe

Good morning. It’s Monday. Today we’ll look at the latest snowstorm hitting New York, a new approach to holding bad landlords accountable and the death of a salsa legend.

People stand at a bus stop in the snow.
Graham Dickie for The New York Times

By the time you read this, New York City might well be under as much as two feet of snow — new snow, that is.

Just days ago, as some dirty piles of snow still lingered on the streets from last month’s snowstorm, forecasters were predicting perhaps a dusting to just a few inches of snow starting on Sunday. But the forecasts quickly changed, and by Sunday morning Mayor Zohran Mamdani was warning of 18 to 22 inches. He declared a local state of emergency.

There are plenty of reasons to be unhappy about this. It has been cold for so long! Stores are running out of snow-melting rock salt. Dog