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New York State Coordinators

Kelsey O’Toole

New York Program Coordinator
(315) 418-6520

  • Allegany
  • Broome
  • Cattaraugus
  • Cayuga
  • Chautauqua
  • Chemung
  • Chenango
  • Cortland
  • Erie
  • Genesee
  • Jefferson
  • Lewis
  • Livingston
  • Madison
  • Monroe
  • Niagara
  • Oneida
  • Onondaga
  • Ontario
  • Orleans
  • Oswego
  • Schuyler
  • Seneca
  • Steuben
  • Tioga
  • Tompkins
  • Wayne
  • Wyoming
  • Yates
Wes Baxter

New York Program Coordinator
(518) 416-5259

  • Albany
  • Clinton
  • Columbia
  • Delaware
  • Dutchess
  • Essex
  • Franklin
  • Fulton
  • Greene
  • Hamilton
  • Herkimer
  • Montgomery
  • Orange
  • Otsego
  • Putnam
  • Rensselaer
  • Rockland
  • St. Lawrence
  • Saratoga
  • Schenectady
  • Schoharie
  • Sullivan
  • Ulster
  • Warren
  • Washington
  • Westchester
Michael Rieser

New York Program Coordinator
(718) 938-6632

  • The Bronx (Bronx County)
  • Brooklyn (Kings County)
  • Manhattan (New York County)
  • Queens (Queens County)
  • Staten Island (Richmond County)
Sandra Torres Vera

New York Program Coordinator
(516) 398-6026

  • Nassau
  • Suffolk
Andrew Radin

New York Program Manager
(315) 317-4346

PaintCare offers drop-off sites throughout New York where the public can take unwanted paint for recycling. These sites are available to households, businesses, government agencies, and others with leftover paint.

Program Details

  • Established in May 2022
  • 374 year-round drop-off sites
  • 2.4 million gallons collected (estimate)

Additional Information

Annual Reports | Paint Stewardship Law | Requirements for New York Retailers | Official Documents | Order Brochures and Materials

Drop Off Paint

Enter your zip code, city and state, or street address to find the nearest, most convenient paint drop-off site to you. All PaintCare sites accept up to 5 gallons per visit (some take more). Please call ahead to confirm business hours and ask if they can accept the type and amount of paint you would like to recycle. Sites do not accept aerosol coatings, leaking, unlabeled, or empty containers.

Upcoming Paint Recycling Events

Free
Woodhaven, NY

Free Paint and E-Waste Recycling Drop-off Event
October 5, 2025 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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Free
Seneca Falls, NY

Free Paint Recycling Drop-off and PaintShare™ Giveaway Event
October 11, 2025 8 a.m. – Noon
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Free
Manhasset, NY

Free Paint Recycling Drop-off and PaintShare™ Giveaway Event
October 11, 2025 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
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More Events

Visit our PaintCare Products page for
more information on accepted products.

Fee and Funding

PaintCare programs are funded by a fee (referred to as the PaintCare fee) which is applied to the purchase price of each container of new paint sold in the state. There is no charge for dropping off paint at a PaintCare drop-off site. The PaintCare fee is not a tax or a deposit. The fee funds all aspects of the paint stewardship program. For more information on the fee, visit the PaintCare Fee Page.

The fee in New York is based on container size as follows:

$0.00

Half pint or smaller

$0.45

Larger than half pint up to smaller than 1 gallon

$0.95

1–2 gallons

$1.95

Larger than 2 gallons up to 5 gallons

Program Brochure