How it works
1
Take a photo
Open the app and tap the camera. The app suggests the location from the photo.
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The AI names the rule
The AI reads the photo, names the NYC rule it breaks, and drafts the report.
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You read it and confirm
Edit anything that is wrong. Then tick that it is true. You cannot submit until you do.
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It posts to your block
Your report posts to your block. We prepare the text. You file it on 311. Nothing goes to 311 unless you send it. You can also file with 311 yourself at any time.
What happens after you submit a report
File the same details yourself at 311.nyc.gov or by calling 311. Once a complaint is with 311, what the agency does with it is up to the agency: some result in a citation; many are closed as "officer investigated, no violation observed." That outcome depends on whether the vehicle or condition was still present when the responding officer arrived.
For time-sensitive violations — a car blocking a fire hydrant during an active emergency, for example — call 911 directly. SidewalkSnitch is not an emergency service.
Open the app
Which rule applies to what you saw? The NYC Rulebook has every rule and the 311 report that goes with it, and the guides walk through one complaint at a time.