NYC to announce tomorrow morning whether public schools will close during snow storm

Upward of a foot of snow expected on Staten Island

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An announcement about whether New York City public schools will close tomorrow will be made at 5 a.m., Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced at a news conference.

The storm, expected to dump upward of a foot of snow on Staten Island, will test the city's preparedness, two weeks after the December blizzard left many roads impassable for days.

Several administration officials took a beating from City Council members during a hearing that lasted more than five hours yesterday.

Read Maura Yates' story in today's Advance.