PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Osi Kaminer, Assistant Chair of the Health and Environment Committee from Community Board 12 Manhattan
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Osi Kaminer, representing Community Board 12 Manhattan, testified about the need for affordable spay/neuter and veterinary services in Washington Heights and Inwood. She highlighted the economic challenges faced by residents and the lack of accessible veterinary care in the district.
- Community Board 12 Manhattan passed a resolution requesting the return of services from large spay/neuter and wellness providers that were shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The board urged organizations like ASPCA to open a brick-and-mortar clinic in the district and provide mobile van services.
- Requests were made for ACC to run surrender prevention and food banks in the district, and for state and city representatives to allocate funds for pet wellness and vaccination clinics.
Osi Kaminer
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My name is OC Kaminer.
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I represent Community Board 12 Manhattan.
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I'm a member of the board, and I'm the assistant chair for the Health And Environment Committee.
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The medium household income in Washington Heights in Wood is about $59,000 45% of the resident earned less than $50,000 a year.
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The average cost of Spain Neuter services in New York City is anywhere around $500 to $1000 per pet.
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The 3, 4 profit veterinary clinics in community board 12 are financially out of reach for many of our district's pet owners.
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Consequently, many pets in our district never visited that for base Equamous Vaccination Services Let alone Spain Nuder.
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On June 2024, Community Board 12 Manhattan passed a resolution requesting that the large Spain Nuder wellness and vaccination providers in the city bring back services that were shut down at the beginning of COVID, the COVID pandemic.
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Community Board 12 Manhattan urged AS BCA or any other larger organization to open a brick and mortar clinic in our district as it has done or is planning to do in all other bureaus and that this provides its mobile VAN services in our district.
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We currently have 0 Manhattan has 0 affordable clinic, and and that's seriously an issue.
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Community Board 12 Manhattan also asked that ACC run its surrender prevention and food banks in our district.
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They are not vaccines, the pandemic.
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And finally, Community Board 12 Manhattan requested our state and city representative allocate funds for wellness and vaccination clinics for pets in our district, including sponsoring a nonprofit such as the Toby Project for Spain Uter Clinic.
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Thanks, Steve.
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Thank you so much.