Reply New Yorkers are urged to avoid non-essential travel as crews dig out city from massive Nor'Easter's snowfall. (Scott Heins/Getty Images) NEW YORK CITY — A heavy blanket of snow up to 19 inches deep will keep New York City's daily life on ice for hours to come. Snow showers are likely Tuesday but the massive Nor'Easter that struck the city has largely blown away, according to the National Weather Service. City crews worked round the clock to clear roads throughout the storm, and will continue Tuesday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office urged New Yorkers to avoid non-essential travel, even as above-ground subways reopened from their storm-forced hiatus.