Rhode Island's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Section 34-18-22, requires residential landlords to keep common areas, including sidewalks, steps and parking lots, in a reasonably safe condition – which includes removing ice and snow.

Inform your landlord in some type of written correspondence (email) that multiple people have almost been hurt so far, and that this is a safety hazard. This covers anyone in the future who may get hurt by the landlords negligence.

The actual snow removal may be defined as the tenants responsibility in the lease, but the landlord is still required to make sure at least one exit to the domicile is safe and ice-free.