NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio on blizzard: 'We got lucky'

New York City "dodged a bullet," Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a Tuesday press conference after a massive blizzard dropped less than a foot of snow on the city

"The bottom line is: We got lucky," he said.

Forecasts predicted New York City and its suburbs could see around two feet of snow from Monday into Tuesday. Meanwhile, as of early Tuesday afternoon the storm was still projected to blanket parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts in up to 30 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service.

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