Animal Cruelty Is on the Ballot in Buffalo and Rochester
"Shelter" reform is a hot topic in two of NY's biggest cities, even if candidates would rather it not be.
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Headlines from Buffalo to Brooklyn
It’s June 14, 2025. This is The Weekly Poop, Early Voting Edition.
As of today, residents of Buffalo and Rochester, the state’s second- and fourth-largest cities, respectively, will begin selecting their next mayor. In each city, years of neglecting the local homeless cat and dog populations, citizen protestations be damned, have culminated in municipal elections where “shelter” reform is very much an issue, whether or not the candidates acknowledge it as such.
