Winter Guide: Snow Emergencies, Parking, Alerts and Outages

City of Utica: snow emergency

During a declared snow emergency, all vehicles must be off city streets by 10 pm (unless otherwise specified) or may be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense. Sidewalk snow removal is the property owner's responsibility.

City of Utica: alternate-side parking

On signed streets you may park 24 hours on one side beginning at 11:00 a.m.; odd- or even-numbered dates determine the side (City Code Sec. 2-16-211). No alternate parking unless signs are posted.

Village of Ilion: all-night parking

No parking on village streets or municipal lots 2:00–6:00 a.m. from November 1 through March 31, and 3:00–5:00 a.m. from April 1 through October 31, unless otherwise posted or exempted (Village Code § 239-20.1).

City of Little Falls: parking ban line

To find out whether the city parking ban is on, call the parking ban line for a recorded message available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Village of New York Mills: overnight parking

Parking is prohibited on all village highways between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. (§ 194-9), and on municipally owned property 2:00–6:00 a.m. from November 1 to April 1 (§ 194-13). Some Main Street blocks have additional November–April restrictions.

Village of Boonville: overnight parking

No parking on any village street between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Vehicles left during snowstorms or other emergencies in those hours may be towed and stored at the owner's expense (Chapter 360).

Oneida County ALERT

Free county sign-up for public safety alerts and severe weather warnings by text, phone, landline or the AlertSense app; add your address for location-targeted alerts.

NYS emergency and weather text alerts (text HERKIMER or ONEIDA to 333111)

Text your county name (no word 'County', no spaces) to 333111 for state emergency and weather alerts, including winter storm warnings, major outages and warming center information. NY-Alert subscribers get the same messages.

NY-Alert

State subscription service for critical emergency information, including severe weather, highway closures and hazardous conditions, for the areas you choose.

Oneida County Emergency Services Office

24-hour non-emergency line: 315-880-0300. In an emergency, call 911.

Herkimer County Office of Emergency Management

24-hour non-emergency line: 315-866-0974. In an emergency, call 911.

Rescue Mission of Utica 24/7 Drop-in/Warming Center

Operated by the Rescue Mission of Utica on behalf of Oneida County.

Morrow Warming Center (Cornerstone Community Church)

Oneida County Office Building warming center

Operated 8 p.m. – 8 a.m. during extreme cold in winter 2026; closed February 17, 2026 until needed again.

National Grid Outage Central

Report or check an outage, outage map and outage alerts.

Village of Ilion Electric Department

Municipal electric utility serving over 3,000 households. Call the Municipal Office, option 1.

Mohawk Municipal Commission (electric)

Report outages at 315-866-4170 during business hours; after hours, call 911.

Village of Frankfort Electric Department

Municipal Commission of Boonville

Report outages at 315-942-4461 during and after business hours (follow the prompts).

511NY

New York State traveler information: road conditions, closures and traffic cameras.

City of Rome City Yard (plowing and street concerns)

Handles snow plowing and removal and street concerns.

Town of Whitestown Highway Department

Plows 50 miles of town roads and 30 miles of county roads. Plowing or blowing snow into the street is unsafe and against the law; sidewalk clearing and detailed clearing around mailboxes are the homeowner's responsibility.