For the record, most of our kids were dismissed from school/Yeshiva early (in Brooklyn).
However, we dismissed the employees of our tiny business early as well, as they don’t live “next door” and we didn’t want to risk them being stuck in transit.
In fairness to the mosdos, the severity and snowfall of this storm was hard to predict by the weather forecasters so many played it safe. It’s easy to be upset in hindsight, but it could have been a nightmare for the kids to get home safely if was worse in most parts of the city.