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Council Member Brewer raises concerns about dog policy enforcement in NYCHA buildings
3:31:34
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Council Member Brewer brings up complaints from NYCHA leaders about the lack of enforcement of the pet policy, particularly regarding dog registration. Eva Trimble, NYCHA's Chief Operating Officer, explains the enforcement process and challenges.
- Enforcement often happens behind the scenes and is not visible to other residents
- The process includes notifying residents, attempting registration, and potentially proceeding with lease enforcement
- Enforcement can be a lengthy process, which may give the impression of inaction to neighbors
Gale A. Brewer
3:31:34
The other question I have is maybe there's a, so how you get a cost.
3:31:38
I was this morning with all of the Upper West Side NYCHA Leaders at a meeting, and they're all complaining about dogs because of the pet policy.
3:31:47
They're supposed to be registered, but there's no enforcement.
3:31:49
Is that a budget issue?
3:31:51
What what is the reason for all of that?
Eva Trimble
3:31:54
Well, wouldn't say that there's no enforcement.
3:31:56
A lot of that enforcement happens behind the scenes and it's not something that's shared with other residents.
3:32:03
Something like the dog policy is enforced through individual lease actions and it's up to the resident to notify property management of their dog in order to register it.
3:32:15
If we find out about the dog, we will reach out to the resident and call them into the office to register it.
3:32:20
If they fail to comply, then we have to proceed lease enforcement, which includes going through termination of tenancy and then eventually an eviction proceeding.
3:32:30
And these are things that can take a very long time and are often fairly unseen by the neighbors.
3:32:36
We understand that it represents a quality of life issue for neighbors.
3:32:40
And so they often think that we're not doing anything about it.
3:32:43
But honestly, it takes a long time for us to move through that process.