Samsung Forging Ahead With NYC Launch Event Despite Tuesday Blizzard Warnings

Despite blizzard warnings posted for most of the New York metropolitan area, Samsung Electronics America late Monday was forging ahead with its 2017 Home Entertainment launch event in Manhattan scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Samsung representatives said. Samsung's newly introduced 2017 line of QLED TVs is expected to figure prominently at the event. National Weather Service forecasters told New Yorkers to expect up to two feet of snow Tuesday, accompanied by wind gusts exceeding 50 mph and whiteout conditions. Authorities took the rare measure Monday morning of closing New York City schools Tuesday, 24 hours in advance. because of the storm's expected severity.