I live in White Plains, not too far from the boroughs, I lived in Brooklyn for 6 years, then moved to Queens lived there for 18 years, then moved up to westchester, I am new to Volvos but not new to the auto world, I've been tinkering with my cars since my Marine Corps Days 25 years ago, welding, fab work, rebuilding I can pretty do it all, I met a few great guys in my area, one who has worked at the volvo dealer since 1998, he also has a shop he works at during his off dealer hours, very cool guy, very knowledgeable, his user name here is skyhawk jr, send him a PM as I mentioned very nice guy, he can certainly take care of any volvo service great and small you may have. I have a friend who has a shop out in Deer Park LI, I actually go there if I have any fab work or major stuff to do, I can pretty much use the shop to my disposal, he does excellent work as well. not a volvo guy but overall excellent mechanic and fab, he likes the challenges.
Slowly I am finding Volvo guys in and around NYC and lower westchester I guess it's just a matter of somehow doing a GTG, might be small at first but it will certainly build once word gets out.