'Nowhere to go,' N. Hempstead supe says
North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena urged residents to remain at home and be patient as town staff continue plowing operations.
"All hands are on deck out plowing" she told Newsday TV at around 7:30 a.m., thanking her staff and volunteer firefighters. "Even the highways are not in good shape, so there's really nowhere to go. … This is a 'stay off the road all day' situation."
A ban on non-essential travel remains in effect for Nassau County through at least 11 a.m.
She asked residents who shovel their driveways not to place snow back in the street, and thanked those who had moved their cars to make way for plows.
"I went out personally and asked some of my neighbors to park their cars on their grass last night, and they did it," she said.
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