Will Albany Lawmakers Show Up for Cats and Dogs in '25?

After batting .000 last year, state legislators and Governor Hochul are sitting on a host of animal-centric bills.

The Scoop New York is a newsletter dedicated to companion animals and the New Yorkers who care for them, from Buffalo to Brooklyn. NYC ACC KILLS, published by TSNY, enumerates and memorializes adoptable cats and dogs who were nonetheless exterminated by Animal Care Centers of New York City.

Left to right: Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Governor Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. Photo illustration: The Scoop New York. Capitol photo: Brad Aaron

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It’s April 11, 2025. This is The Weekly Poop.

This week, state legislators remained at odds with Governor Kathy Hochul over the governor’s poison-pilled budget proposal.

The $200B+ spending plan is more than a week late, and Hochul’s insistence on shoehorning in unrelated measures like a mask ban and changes to discovery laws is grating on legislators’ nerves. When the Democratic Assembly speaker feels it necessary to assure the public he doesn’t want “war” with the Democratic chief execut…