DSNY Issues Winter Operations Advisory for Friday, February 6, Starting at 6pm

February 6, 2026

With snow hauling and melting operations still underway, New York's Strongest are preparing for an additional one to two inches of snow

As Sanitation Workers continue to work 12-hour shifts clearing massive amounts snow and ice from the Jan. 25 snowfall, the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has issued a Winter Operations Advisory for Friday, February 6, beginning at 6pm. A Winter Operations Advisory is the Department's "lower level" snow-fighting notification, as opposed to the "higher level" Snow Alert.

Snow is expected to begin at approximately 7pm tonight and continue until the mid-afternoon Saturday. Accumulations of a coating to two inches are possible across the City, accompanied by punishingly cold temperatures that may include record low wind chills. All accumulation will remain frozen on the ground unless addressed by New York's Strongest, necessitating this winter weather response.

More than 700 salt spreaders and specialized bike lane spreaders are filled and ready to go at the first sign of precipitation, and the Department has hundreds of millions of pounds of salt on hand. DSNY will monitor and plan salting from its GPS room, featuring the new Bladerunner 2.0 tracking operation. The same Sanitation Workers operating the salt spreaders also collect your trash, recycling, and compostable material, and dispatching hundreds of people to critical snow-fighting operations will slow down collection. Be assured: collection IS ongoing and New Yorkers should follow their normal schedule, even if material is collected at a different time of day than they are used to.

This weekend's winter weather operations come as DSNY continues to haul and melt the massive amount of snow that fell Jan. 25. With temperatures well below freezing for most of the last two weeks, the 12 to 15 inches of snow that fell is not melting on its own. After brining, salting and plowing every mile of roadway in the city, Sanitation Workers and Emergency Snow Shovelers have been working overtime to shovel out pedestrian infrastructure such as bus stops and crosswalks, and the amount of these locations cleared has dwarfed the effort following past similar storms.

DSNY has also been hauling snow from every corner of city and bringing it to 13 melters in all 5 boroughs. To date, the Department has melted more than 230 million pounds of snow, and will continue to do so for days, if not weeks, to come.

New Yorkers should know: DSNY is working to ensure your safety. Do your part both for yourself and for the Strongest by staying off the roads during active precipitation or, if you absolutely must drive, by doing so slowly, safely and carefully.

In a snow event, New York City's Sanitation Workers cover our streets, highways and bike lanes, but all residents should remember that clearing snow from sidewalks is the property owners' responsibility. Property owners must do their part to make sure that the sidewalks are passable, and DSNY has written approximately 3,000 summonses for failure to do so since last week's storm.

All winter weather information and information about the City's response to the storm can be found by visiting the City's Severe Weather website at nyc.gov/snow or by calling 311.

New Yorkers are also encouraged to sign up for NotifyNYC, the City's free emergency notification system, available in 14 languages including ASL. Through NotifyNYC, New Yorkers can sign up to receive phone calls, text messages, and email alerts about severe weather events and emergencies. To sign up for NotifyNYC, call 311, visit nyc.gov/notify or follow @NotifyNYC on Twitter.

Press Release #26-08