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Council Member Brewer inquires about reducing animal shelter populations

2:23:15

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Council Member Gale A. Brewer asks representatives from animal welfare organizations about barriers to reducing the number of animals in shelters and potential legislative solutions to address this issue.

Brewer acknowledges previously mentioned barriers such as funding and housing issues
She specifically asks for legislative ideas or other suggestions to reduce shelter populations

Gale A. Brewer

2:23:15

Very quickly, there are no timers of the essence.

2:23:17

But, obviously, when we asked earlier, what are the barriers to having fewer individual animals in the shelters.

2:23:24

It was funding, obviously.

2:23:26

It was housing for the person because they are losing their housing or their job.

2:23:31

Are there any legislative or other ideas that you might have that would reduce the population?

Michelle Villagomez

2:23:39

So I'll say aside from funding, we should take sort of a big picture look at it, and we'd love to work with the council to brainstorm on how to encourage and incentivize more pet friendly housing.

2:23:49

Because when you look at the animals in our shelters and in ACC, They're over £25, they're mixed breed, and so much of the housing in New York City prohibits anything over £25.

2:24:01

So automatically, they're we're cutting off places and homes that animals could go into.

2:24:06

So we'd be happy to speak offline about what we can do to protect tenants that are already in place with their animals, and what we might be able to do to incentivize private landlords to be more pet friendly to

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