Nature's bag of New York tricks includes snow, ice and freezing rain.

School closings and road safety warnings abounded around the state on Tuesday.

The predicted snow totals range from just a couple of inches in New York City to more than a foot upstate.

Many schools were closed in the New York City suburbs but the city's public schools remained open.

The city had more than a thousand plows at the ready.

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