The heaviest snow fell north of Boston in , which reported nearly 2 feet. Nearly 18 inches of snow fell in Boston and in western New York near Rochester. Lakewood, N.J., got 10 inches and New York City's Central Park 6. This was just one of the winter snow storms in 2014. The snow hasn't let up. New Yorkers were being trapped in their homes. This is not good for NY, after all we are known as the city that doesn't sleep. But what is causing us to have such a bad winter. The past 3 winters here in NYC were nothing. I can remember wearing a tee shirt in January last year. What is the big change?