Graffiti Free NY PSA

Want to get rid of that graffiti where you live and work? Follow these steps and the city will get it removed in the next cleanup. You do not need to own the building to make the complaint.

Fresh graffiti (from the past year): Call 311 and let them know that you would like to report graffiti to your local police department; you can remain anonymous as long as you don’t want a police report. You can also request a police report in which case you cannot remain anonymous. The police will then go to that location and take pictures to add it to their graffiti database, so that when they do catch the individual who made the graffiti, they are able to charge that person for all the locations. The police department will then pass the location on to Graffiti Free NY to clean the graffiti.

Older graffiti (more than a year old): Call 311 and request a “non-owner graffiti removal request”. This will not go to the police department, rather it will be sent directly to Graffiti Free NY to be cleaned in the next cleanup. You can request to remain anonymous.