Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City saw the fewest traffic fatalities on record in 2017, driven by a 32 percent drop in pedestrian fatalities.
The New York City Emergency Management Department issued a travel advisory for Monday evening. The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for New York City in effect through 7 p.m. Monday.
New York City marked 3 new benchmarks in relation to crime benchmarks: the first time the total number of index crimes has fallen below 100,000; the first time the number of shooting incidents has fallen below 800; and the first time the total number of murders has fallen below 300.
Mayor de Blasio returned to the Brian Lehrer show to discuss the recent winter storm that had happened in the City as well as the state of public housing (and how it held up throughout the storm), among other topics.