STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City Department of Sanitation has scheduled a Snow Alert to go into effect at 1 a.m. Sunday amid what the department noted could be the largest snowfall the city has seen in five years.
A snow alert is described as the department’s “higher level” snow-fighting notification, a step up from the “lower level” Winter Operations Advisory.
With a general snowfall forecast of between 9 and 12 inches, the department touted its snow-fighting capabilities in a press release on Friday…