NEW YORK – JANUARY 04: Carlos Guzman, gardener with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, breaks up salt to be used on snow in Carl Schurz Park after an overnight storm dropped up to 7 inches of snow on January 04, 2014 in New York City. The Northeast and Midwest regions of the United States were hit with a large amount of snowfall accompanied by blizzard-like winds and plummeting temperatures this week. Yana Paskova/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==