New York Today: Slightly Snowy

Joshua Bright for The New York Times This storm will not strain your shovel.

Updated 6:50 a.m.

Good Monday morning to you.

It’s 23 degrees and snowing around the region, but we’ve been spared the brunt of this storm. Here’s what’s happening.

- New York City and immediate environs are expected to get less than an inch.

- Thank our friend the jet stream, which pushed the storm south: the southern parts of New Jersey could get four to six inches, and the state’s southern tip could see up to 10 inches.

- In the city, expect the snow to taper during the morning rush and stop by noon.

- There will be more than enough to make roads slippery, though, so be careful. Also, some subway lines are on modified schedules. For details, see the Commute section below.

- Alternate-side parking is suspended, but city public schools and offices are open.

- Some schools in the region are closed or opening late. See list.

- In New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency.

- The jet stream charged a stiff price for pushing away the snow: several days of bitter cold, with the mercury not budging past 23 this afternoon, a low of 12 tonight and a high of 27 tomorrow.

- Things won’t warm up too much till Friday.

And here’s what else you need to know.

COMMUTE

Subways: Northbound 4 and 5 running local in Manhattan. R train suspended between Canal Street and Whitehall. Southbound Q running local from 34th Street to Canal Street. Check latest status.

Rails: Some delays and cancellations on N.J. Transit North Jersey Coast Line. Check L.I.R.R., Metro-North or N.J. Transit status.

Amtrak is running reduced service between the city and points south.

Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s.

Alternate-side parking is suspended.

COMING UP TODAY

- A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, goes on trial on terrorism charges in Manhattan. He is accused of conspiring to kill Americans.

- Police Commissioner Bratton and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman make a joint announcement at 11 a.m.

- That 8-foot-tall, 20-foot-long inflatable colon in Grand Central is there for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. It is accompanied by a whole day of teachings, yoga classes, singing, dancing, a fashion show and vow renewals.

- Mayor de Blasio makes an announcement at City Hall at 1 p.m.

- Learn “everything left to know” about Lucille Ball when the authors of a new book about her speak at the Public Library for the Performing Arts at 6 p.m. [Free]

- A guerrilla dance troupe, the Shakedown Dance Collective, will shake its thing at Bryant Park at 7 p.m. [Free]

- Mirta Ojito, author of “Hunting Season,” about the murder of an Ecuadorean immigrant on Long Island, speaks at Barnard at 6 p.m. [Free]

- For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.

IN THE NEWS

- Opponents of strip clubs have found an effective way to shut them down: strip them of their liquor licenses. [New York Times]

- Toll-fixing? The Record reports that Governor Christie’s appointees to the Port Authority rushed through an inflated toll increase so that the governors of New Jersey and New York could scale it back and look like fiscal hawks.

- A Brooklyn detective was injured when the driver of an A.T.V. he had pulled over sped off, dragging the officer nearly 200 feet. [Daily News]

- A man was arrested on charges of stealing three paintings from a Williamsburg gallery, including giant portraits of Nelson Mandela and Snoop Dogg. [NY1]

- A Brooklyn dentist filed a class-action suit against makers of “flushable” wipes, saying they clogged his pipes. [New York Post] (Consumer Reports seems to confirm the wipes’ unflushability.)

- A man going for a run in Central Park at 4:30 a.m. was ticketed for violating the park’s 1 a.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew. [Daily News]

- Scoreboard, When Animals Attack Edition: Bulls gore Knicks, 109-90. Bruins maul Rangers, 6-3. Panthers gobble Islanders, 5-3. Sharks sink Devils, 4-2.

AND FINALLY …

O.K., Oscar fans. Guess what movie opened in New York 80 years ago today?

Hint: The headline of the Times review read, “A Fantastic Film in Which a Monstrous Ape Uses Automobiles for Missiles and Climbs a Skyscraper.”

“Fantastic” in that context meant fantasy-esque, not stupdendously wonderful. But The Times did give “King Kong” its due.

“The producers set forth an adequate story and furnish enough thrills for any devotee of such tales,” wrote the reviewer, Mordaunt Hall.

The great ape did not much impress the Motion Picture Academy, though. “King Kong” was not nominated for a single Oscar.

Joseph Burgess contributed reporting.

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