BUFFALO, N.Y. — Like with the last major winter storm that hit the area, databases and resources are being set up to help people find where their cars have been towed after being abandoned in the snow.
Depending on where you car is towed and who it is towed by, you have various ways to find out where it went.
The City of Buffalo is having people contact local police districts, the City of Buffalo Parking Commissioner Raymond Wagner said that towed cars are being reported to local police districts.
There is also an inventory of the cars towed by the city people can check to see if they were the ones who towed it. The inventory is available online here.
However, if you car was towed by Erie County, they have their own database.
There are three possible locations they have been towing cars:
- 1870 Military Rd
- ECC North Parking Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10
- Tops Plaza at Harlem, and Walden Ave
People can check if the county towed their vehicle on the special site Erie County created for the database.
Those who have had their cars towed by Erie County or the City of Buffalo will not have to pay for towing costs.
The Town of Cheektowaga has also established its own system for people to locate vehicles that have been towed.
The Cheektowaga Police Department has created a database for people to find their vehicles if they were towed by Cheektowaga. The database can be access on the Cheektowaga Police website.
The Town of Amherst also has a database for vehicles it towed, which is available on a Google Sheet here.
In Niagara County, people who had their car towed by the county were instructed to call dispatch at (716) 438-3393 to find out if they had towed their car and where they could find it. On Tuesday, dispatch said that they had called most people who had not yet picked up their car.
However, if a vehicle was towed by the City of Niagara Falls, people should call the city at (716) 286-4711 to locate their car.