NYU will hold Monday classes remotely as New York City faces its first severe blizzard warning since 2017, Campus Safety head Fountain Walker announced in a Sunday email. 

Faculty members are expected to hold classes at their usual time or reschedule missed sessions so students meet state-mandated credit hour requirements. NYU’s shuttle and Safe Ride services will be halted from 9 p.m. Sunday to noon on Monday, but may face delays due to road conditions. Additional updates will be posted to NYU’s transportation page. 

All dining locations will close at 8 p.m. on Sunday. Residential dining halls — Downstein, Lipton, Third North, Crave, Palladium and the Jasper Kane Cafe — will be open on Monday but may adjust their hours, with updates posted on the NYU Eats page and on social media.

In-person library services will be closed Sunday and Monday, though study spaces in Bobst and Dibner will remain open during their regular hours of operation. The NYU Card Center will be closed on Monday.

The decision comes two hours after Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a full snow day for New York City public schools, aligning with the university’s protocol to follow their mode of instruction. 

The blizzard warning is suspected to last until 6 p.m. Monday, with 12-20 inches of heavy snow and winds gusts up to 55 mph, according to the National Weather Service. Last month, NYU also switched to remote instruction amid a winter storm that saw 18 weather-related deaths in New York City.

Local and state leaders urged all non-essential vehicles to stay off the streets until the storm subsides. Although public buildings will be closed, those functioning as warming centers will continue to operate. The city also deployed 22 warming buses and 24 warming spaces to hospitals and schools across all five boroughs, with more information on LinkNYC kiosks. 

Contact Selin Kemiktarak at [email protected].