Mayor Bloomberg has clarified some controversial news from earlier.

There will be no ban on cars entering Manhattan, but for the next couple of days, from 6 AM to Midnight, all cars entering will need to be High Occupancy Vehicles, meaning 3 or more people.

Here are the tweets explaining:

This is due to the mass congestion plaguing city roads.

Our original report on the matter is below.

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NYP reported afew minutes ago:

Mayor Bloomberg will announce later today that passenger cars will be temporarily barred from entering Manhattan, as New York struggles to recover from Hurricane Sandy, City Hall sources told The Post.

However, Bloomberg press secretary Marc La Vorgna has tweeted in response:

The mayor's press conference was scheduled for 1:30 PM ET, but it hasn't started yet.

You will be able to watch it streaming here.