Can I get NYC notifications even though I’m outside of the five boroughs?

While you can download the app anywhere, you can currently only sign up within the boundaries of  New York City. Once signed up, you will be able to access the feed anywhere, but our real-time push notifications are only sent to users in close proximity (normally within a quarter mile) to ongoing incidents.

If you are outside of New York City, you won’t receive regular incident notifications. However, you may occasionally receive other alerts for major incidents.

Although we are currently only operating in New York City and San Francisco (beta), we plan to expand Citizen to other cities soon. You can help bring Citizen to your city faster by requesting Citizen on our website.