{"id":104086,"date":"2026-01-18T17:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104086\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T17:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:42:06","slug":"when-do-you-need-to-clear-sidewalks-after-snowstorm-in-nyc-heres-how-to-avoid-post-storm-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104086\/","title":{"rendered":"When do you need to clear sidewalks after snowstorm in NYC? Here\u2019s how to avoid post-storm fines"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A fresh dusting of snow has left its mark on Staten Island and as the heaviest snowfall is expected from Sunday evening into Sunday night<\/a>, many are wondering when they should get out and shovel.<\/p>\n

New York City requires property and business owners to clear snow and ice off sidewalks and other pedestrian walkways to create a 4-foot-wide<\/a> path for passersby.<\/p>\n

Snow and ice must also be cleared from around fire hydrants, catch basins and sidewalk ramps.<\/p>\n

According to the Department of Sanitation<\/a>, which oversees the city\u2019s snow removal, the timing for when you must shovel depends on when the snowfall ends.<\/p>\n

If the snow ends between 7 a.m. and 4:59 p.m., then a path must be cleared within four hours.<\/p>\n

If the snow stops falling between 5 p.m. and 8:59 p.m., however, then the snow must be cleared within 14 hours.<\/p>\n

Should the snow stop falling overnight, any time between 9 p.m. and 6:59 a.m., sidewalks must be cleared by 11 a.m.<\/p>\n

Finally, Sanitation warns that if the snow stops by 7 p.m., building owners or occupants need to clear a path in the snow or salt the sidewalk by 9 a.m. the next morning.<\/p>\n

If the sidewalks haven\u2019t been cleared by then, Sanitation can issue summonses.<\/p>\n

Fines for an initial summons for failing to shovel are from $100 to $150 and for every summons thereafter, between $150 and $350, according to a city information sheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sanitation also stresses that snow should not be pushed, blown or shoveled into the streets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A fresh dusting of snow has left its mark on Staten Island and as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-104086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104086","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=104086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}