Earn An Extra Check With Snow Shoveling In NYC

NEW YORK, NY — New Yorkers still have a chance to help the city recover from last week’s historic snowstorm by joining emergency snow shovel crews, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday.

The city deployed 2,600 sanitation workers in successive 12-hour shifts, using more than 3,000 pieces of equipment to distribute over 143 million pounds of salt and plow every street across the five boroughs at least once. Crews also cleared 7,398 crosswalks, 1,777 fire hydrants, and 3,366 bus stops, though blowing snow means much of that work continues.

“This was a whole-of-government response to a historic snowstorm,” Mamdani said. “Every New Yorker who shoveled a sidewalk, helped a neighbor, or stayed off the roads played a part in keeping our city safe and moving.”

The city is now inviting residents to join the emergency snow shovel team, earning $30 per hour. Anyone interested can walk into any Department of Sanitation garage by 8 p.m. Monday with two forms of identification to sign up.

Officials said light snow may return Wednesday morning, with up to two inches expected, though today’s forecast is dry with some wind.

By joining the snow shovel teams, volunteers will assist in clearing remaining streets, sidewalks and public spaces to help the city fully recover from the storm.