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.

The Scoop New York is a website and newsletter covering the movement for a true no-kill New York State, from BUF to BK. NYC ACC KILLS, published by TSNY, enumerates and memorializes adoptable cats and dogs who were exterminated by Animal Care Centers of New York City.

Duke, who advocates say died “alone and in excruciating pain” at Yonkers Animal Shelter, and Mayor Mike Spano, who rather than do his job has threatened YAS watchers with legal action. Duke photo via Reform YAS. Video still: News 12. Photo illustration: The Scoop New York

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This week, TSNY was contacted by advocates about conditions at Yonkers Animal Shelter. What they described left my jaw hanging open.

Nothing I might write would be any more powerful, or damning, than the email I received from Reform YAS Coalition. Also, as it happens, I have recently begun to privately encourage advocates, particularly those outside New York City, to consider…