Volunteer Snow Removal

The City is encouraging New Yorkers to give their blank this winter by helping neighbors in need - especially seniors and those living with disabilities.

This winter season, NYC Service is assisting community-based organizations in mobilizing volunteers to help seniors avoid accidents and ticketing by organizing a comprehensive, last resort snow removal strategy. 
 

Our office will be acting as a referral program, connecting interested volunteers with partnering organizations.
 

If you are interested in being a Snow Removal partner organization you should be able to:

Design program (1:1 matching vs. team shoveling, season-long matching vs. storm-by-storm deployment, etc.)

Manage day-to-day operations of program

Ensure that seniors are being served throughout season

For partners: We are asking your organization to implement a strategy best fit for your organization to match volunteers to seniors that we have already identified. Please make us aware if you would like to join us in this service.

If you are interested in volunteering to remove snow:

Please contact one of the partner organizations below if you are in their area:

Bronx

Councilman James Vacca's Offce 

Email: vaccasvolunteers@gmail.com

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Community Foundation

Phone: 347-750-2310 

Email: lvirji@brooklyncommunityfoundation.org

Web: http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/

Green City Force

Phone:718-923-1400 x278

Email:Erika@greencityforce.org

Web: http://www.greencityforce.org/ 
 

New York Cares*

Email: info@newyorkcares.org

Web: www.newyorkcares.org

*NYCares is not accepting NEW volunteers at this time. If you are a current NYCares volunteer, please contact them to inquire about their Snow Removal project.*

Queens

Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, US Northeast Region

Phone:  718-888-0866

Email:   volunteer@us.tzuchi.org

Web:    www.us.tzuchi.org/us/en

Utopia State Civic Association

Phone:  917-776-5471 

Web: http://www.utopiaestatescivic.org/

Staten Island

Where to Turn

Phone:  718-619-2371

Email:   dennis.mckeon@where-to-turn.org

Web:    www.where-to-turn.org

Specific volunteer descriptions, such as where to shovel and if you need equipment, will be provided by these community-based organizations.

Once you share your location with a partner organization. They in turn will match you with a senior and provide you with additional information.  If you are outside of any of the areas currently covered, please email nycservice@cityhall.nyc.gov
 

If you are interested in a volunteer helping to remove snow form your property:
We already have a designated list of clients to serve. This is a volunteer opportunity only. If you would like to receive this last resort service, you may leave your contact information with NYC Service who will then try to match you with an organization.
 

Disclaimer: We are recruiting volunteers to serve citizens who are unable to comply with the law that requires them to clear their sidewalks after a snow storm. The City does not clear sidewalks in front of private homes, and homeowners are ticketed if they do not comply with the legal parameters.

For partners: We are asking your organization to implement a strategy best fit for your organization to match volunteers to seniors that we have already identified. Please make us aware if you would like to join us in this service.

For volunteers: Once your location has been disclosed, our office will refer you to one of our partner organizations. They in turn will match you with a senior and provide you with additional information.