UPDATE: 02/23/2015 11:31am New York State Police are saying that several vehicles were involved in an accident that occurred between mile markers 266 and 268 during what is being described as "a period of low visibility."
Governor Cuomo has opted to activate the State's Emergency Operations Center in anticipation of heavy snowfall that's expected to hit New York in the next 24 hours.
Mountains of snow and blinding weather conditions are forcing the continued closure of the New York State Thruway between Exits 46 to 61 today as Buffalo and parts of Rochester are expecting to get hit with even more of the white stuff.