One Brooklyn
October 30, 2019
“I applaud the City Council for speaking up compassionately and sensibly for animals that share this city with us. I am particularly proud to have added my voice during this legislative process for the long-awaited ban on foie gras as well as the resolution on citywide Meatless Mondays that was catalyzed by our office’s successful efforts in our hospitals and schools. It is our obligation as policymakers to ensure that New York City agencies and institutions do not continue to force-feed our health care crisis or perpetuate the suffering of animals. I am additionally pleased to see the City Council support a call we made five years ago for Albany lawmakers to provide tax credits for shelter pet adoption, supporting hundreds of local animals in our shelter system just waiting to be rescued.
“These landmark measures, along with bills that will establish an Office of Animal Welfare, ban the trafficking of wild birds, and prohibit the operation of horse carriages in extreme heat conditions, are good policy that advance the welfare of all New Yorkers, human or otherwise.”
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