Does Mamdani Care That NYC DOH ACC Impoverishes NYers?

For his DOH commish reveal, Mayor Zohran Mamdani chose erasure for New Yorkers who do ACC's job at personal expense.

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.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and DOH Commissioner Alister Martin. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office. Photo illustration: The Scoop New York

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It’s February 7, 2026. This is The Weekly Poop.

As this column went to press last weekend, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani finally announced his choice to lead his health department.

Though loath to acknowledge its poor relation, in addition to duties that are more than glancingly related to public health, DOH is responsible for the dirty business going down 24/7/365 at the mayor’s kill pound, farmed out for three decades — and counting — to the contractor currently known as Animal Care Centers of New York City [sic].

As feared …