DSNY Issues Winter Operations Advisory for Sunday, February 15 Beginning at 7 p.m.
February 15, 2026
New York's Strongest will be prepared to salt roadways and bike lanes to limit overnight accumulation heading into Presidents' Day holiday
REMINDER: There is NO collection Monday due to the holiday
The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has issued a Winter Operations Advisory for Sunday, February 15, 2026, beginning at 7 p.m. A Winter Operations Advisory is the Department's "lower level" snow-fighting notification, as opposed to the "higher level" Snow Alert.
Forecasts have fizzled somewhat from earlier reports of as much as five inches, and models have now coalesced on totals between a coating and 1.8 inches, with snow beginning this evening between 7 and 8pm and continuing overnight. If the higher end of that range is reached, it will likely be in southern parts of the City including Staten Island the Jamaica Bay region.
To keep New Yorkers safe this holiday weekend, more than 700 salt spreaders and specialized bike lane spreaders are filled and ready to go when needed, 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.
As a reminder, collection is already suspended tomorrow, Monday, February 16 due to the Presidents' Day holiday. This winter weather is unlikely to substantially impact collection further, and residents with Monday collection should place it out Monday night for post-holiday service.
The small number of residents who receive collection from alleyways have also been asked to place material curbside until Thursday, February 19 due to ongoing snow operations.
This weekend's winter weather operations come as DSNY continues to melt the massive amount of snow that fell Jan. 25. With temperatures below freezing for most of the last three weeks, DSNY has melted more than 400 million pounds of snow at 13 melters in all 5 boroughs.
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 more than 4,000 summonses for failure to do so since the Jan. 25 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 #26-11