when did nyc public schools close because of snow?

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Azi Paybarah
The Empire | Mar 29, 2012

Only once in the 1980s, according to a spokeswoman for the NYC Department of Education.

Feb. 6 1978

April 7, 1982

Jan 8 & 9, 1996

March 5, 2001

Jan 28, 2004

March 2, 2009

Feb 10, 2010

Feb 26, 2010

And, today

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