Blizzard Fizzles in New York City

Times Square in New York on Jan. 26, 2015.
Photographer: Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

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By Esmé E. Deprez and Henry Goldman

January 27, 2015 at 6:40 AM UTC

Updated on

January 27, 2015 at 3:11 PM UTC

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The New York region lurched back to life after a storm advertised as a potentially life-threatening blizzard ended up as a mundane winter snowfall.

Travel bans for automobiles in New York and New Jersey were lifted, bridges and tunnels re-opened and New York City’s subways and commuter railroads were to run again this morning as the region dusted off what Mayor Bill de Blasio had warned of a storm “the likes of which we have never seen before.”