Have to get out today you want to do it on public transportation Eastern parts of Long Island New York and the Jersey Shore have so far seat upwards of 16 inches of snow Meantime New York City is reporting roughly 6 inches of accumulation That's the latest I'm Julie Ryan And I'm Susanna Palmer in the Bloomberg news room As we've been reporting the winter storm hitting our area is bringing a plea from mayor Eric Adams he says please don't go out The best to the off the road select yes and why do they job as they clean the streets So be careful bundle up good day to stay home If you don't have to go out Adams says if you are on the road you might get in the way of the plows and emergency vehicles He says just let the storm pass and let city employees do their job of cleaning up Bloomberg's Charlie pellet is out checking conditions in forest hills queens For the most part people are heating warnings to stay off roads You can hear the plows behind me now as I cross queens boulevard which cuts across queens from the Ed Koch queensboro bridge to Jamaica There are 6 lanes of traffic plus a service road but right now barely a car to be seen That is if you can see because of white out conditions about the only people I'm seeing outside are the occasional snow shoveler and dog walkers In far cells queens Charlie pallet Bloomberg radio And homeowners are being urged by mayor Adams to shovel out in front of their buildings We're hearing Walgreens Boots Alliance has kicked off the sails process for its boots international drug store unit This as buyout firms including sycamore partners consider bids Bloomberg news has reported boots which mostly operates pharmacies in Britain could be valued at as much as $9.6 billion in a sale Our source says that besides sycamore other buyout firms exploring bids could include TDR capital and the Issa brothers Bain capital and CVC Capital Partners advent international and KKR and company are also said to be studying potential bids We're hearing Walgreens is also considering a potential initial public offering of boots if buyout interest isn't there The global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries I'm susannah Palmer This.