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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.

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Brad Aaron
Jan 17, 2026
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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.

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It’s January 17, 2026. This is The Weekly Poop.

This week — this month, this year, this decade, this century, this millennium — the state of New York companion animal welfare is dire.

If it’s January in New York, where like it or lump it every year is an election year, pols from Lake Erie to Long Island Sound are taking oaths and talking shit, of the horse and bull variety.

At the top of the 2026 ticket: Governor Kathy Hochul, who within the span of 10 years managed to fail upward from lowly county clerk known for gleefully plotting to ambush and deport immigrants, ICE-style, all the way to headlining T…

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