{"id":892,"date":"2026-05-19T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=892"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:19:02","slug":"new-yorkers-with-disabilities-seniors-say-unsafe-conditions-after-snowstorms-left-them-isolated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2026\/05\/19\/new-yorkers-with-disabilities-seniors-say-unsafe-conditions-after-snowstorms-left-them-isolated\/","title":{"rendered":"New Yorkers with disabilities, seniors say unsafe conditions after snowstorms left them isolated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An oversight hearing into New York City&#8217;s response to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/live-updates\/noreaster-blizzard-warning-nyc-new-jersey-connecticut-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">both of this year&#8217;s major snowstorms<\/a>&nbsp;took place at City Hall on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City Council started digging into what worked and what didn&#8217;t work in the city&#8217;s storm response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;No New Yorker should be isolated in their home because the path outside was left inaccessible,&#8221; said Shahana Hanif, chair of the New York City Council Committee on Disabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-city-council-oversight-hearing-snow-removal\/\">here<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An oversight hearing into New York City&#8217;s response to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/live-updates\/noreaster-blizzard-warning-nyc-new-jersey-connecticut-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">both of this year&#8217;s major snowstorms<\/a>&nbsp;took place at City Hall on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The City Council started digging into what worked and what didn&#8217;t work in the city&#8217;s storm response.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No New Yorker should be isolated in their home because the path outside was left inaccessible,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2026\/05\/19\/new-yorkers-with-disabilities-seniors-say-unsafe-conditions-after-snowstorms-left-them-isolated\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}