{"id":122597,"date":"2026-02-04T13:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/122597\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:40:10","slug":"black-ice-concerns-rise-in-nyc-as-snow-removal-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/122597\/","title":{"rendered":"Black ice concerns rise in NYC as snow removal continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">INWOOD, Manhattan (PIX11) \u2014 Snow around New York City is being picked up and dumped into industrial-sized snow melters, also known as hot tubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mounds of snow are filtered for debris and melted with the water to drain right into the sewer system. The Department of Sanitation has sent these hot tubs out to every borough and is working overtime to clear the frozen snow mounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More Local News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> More Local News <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">DSNY is also asking New Yorkers dig out their vehicles while Alternate Side Parking is still suspended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A temperature drop is coming this weekend, which will only make that tedious task harder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Department of Sanitation says trash and compost collection remains on schedule, but pickup times may differ because crews are working overnight on snow removal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, the City says recycling is delayed about 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As frigid temperatures are set to make a comeback, the National Weather Service warns residents to beware of patchy black ice on roads, sidewalks and parking lots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INWOOD, Manhattan (PIX11) \u2014 Snow around New York City is being picked up and dumped into industrial-sized snow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4248,8991,53641,25790,75,9,24,56,63,65,64,51647,19641],"class_list":["post-122597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-alternate-side-parking","tag-department-of-sanitation","tag-frozen-snow","tag-inwood","tag-manhattan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-snow-melters","tag-snow-removal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}