In Port Jervis, N.Y., about an hour and a half northwest of Manhattan on the Delaware River, residents flocked to Berthiaume’s Neversink Lumber Co. to snap up shovels, antifreeze and ice-melting salts. Workers hustled to replenish the quickly dwindling stock.

New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport is the hardest hit, with more than 350 flights scheduled for Friday already cancelled.

Residents are urged to complete travel before 6 p.m. Friday as a storm bringing 4-to-8 inches of snow and wind gusts up to 50 mph moves eastward across the state.

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for more than half of New York’s counties, including all five boroughs, as a major winter storm is expected to bring the highest snowfall totals to New York City since 2022, with the heaviest snow beginning Friday evening.

While it wasn’t a white Christmas in New York City, a snowy weekend is likely, with what could be the biggest snowstorm in four years. City sanitation crews are getting ready to hit the streets to prepare roads for the storm that could bring eight inches to the five boroughs and parts of the Tri-State Area.

If New York City sees more than 4 inches of snow, it will be the most significant accumulation since January 2022, when more than 8 inches fell in Central Park.

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Lee Goldberg has an AccuWeather update on the winter snowstorm that is now pushing across the Tri-State area with some of its heaviest snowfall.

Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday issued a State of Emergency for many counties across the state as a winter storm moves through New York