Archive - The Scoop New York

Dear Mayor Mamdani: Patrick Nolan's Reign of Terror Must End

A cesspool of corruption and waste, ACC is the antithesis of the NYC Mamdani claims to envision. Longtime board chair Nolan embodies the rot.

Jan 24 • Brad Aaron

NYC DOH ACC Extermination Data Suggests a Kill Quota. Again.

Figures through 2025 Q3 show DOH's ACC is still taking in fewer cats and dogs, and killing more of them, than before COVID.

Jan 20 • Brad Aaron

New York Electeds' "Affordability" Agendas Put Agendas First

Plans for 2026 proffered by Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamdani ignore New Yorkers with unpaid government jobs.

Jan 17 • Brad Aaron

Mamdani’s NYC DOH ACC Starts '26 With Medical Torture Killing

Meanwhile, a lawmaker who could stop cat and dog culling statewide, but won't, will waste space in Albany for another year.

Jan 10 • Brad Aaron

An Open Letter to Mayor Mamdani O/B/O NYers Doing NYC DOH's Job

A truly inclusive affordability agenda requires DOH's ACC to relieve strapped New Yorkers taking up its slack. Will Mamdani deliver?

Jan 3 • Brad Aaron

December 2025

Catch the Holiday Spirit, NYC DOH ACC Style!

Nothing warms heart and hearth like taking out the trash.

Dec 29, 2025 • Brad Aaron

I Never Thought I'd Be Here

Your editor humbly submits his bona fides.

Dec 12, 2025 • Brad Aaron

Mamdani, Menin Poised to Let DOH ACC Abuse and Kill With Impunity

Offloading the costs of ACC malfeasance onto New Yorkers, as their forebears have done for decades. Unless ...

Dec 6, 2025 • Brad Aaron

November 2025

NYC DOH to TSNY: "Respectfully," STFU About What ACC Does to Dogs

It was a brutal, bloody week for dogs at the kill pound overseen by Dr. Michelle Morse, as DOH whined about mean TSNY tweets.

Nov 22, 2025 • Brad Aaron

If Mamdani Wants an Affordable NYC He Will Raze ACC to the Ground

Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani markets himself as a change agent. DOH and its kill pound will be a litmus test.

Nov 14, 2025 • Brad Aaron

Abject Cruelty and Legal Threats at Mike Spano's Yonkers Animal Shelter

Another cowardly do-nothing New York pol is threatening legal action over critiques of the kill pound he runs.

Nov 7, 2025 • Brad Aaron

Will the Next Hempstead Supe Free Dogs From TOHAS Solitary Confinement?

The supervisor race will determine control of the notorious Town of Hempstead kill pound.

Nov 1, 2025 • Brad Aaron

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