New York City

First 100 Days: How Many Pets Will Mamdani's DOH NYC ACC Destroy?

Hint: It's a trick question.

5 hrs ago • Brad Aaron

The New York City Council's "Animal Welfare Caucus" Is Bullshit

One more time, for the freshman council members: It's the killing.

Mar 6 • Brad Aaron

Will Mamdani's Animal Welfare Office Promote Animal Welfare?

Two months in, the mayor has signaled no interest in DOH/ACC reforms, or relieving New Yorkers who do the city's job.

Feb 28 • Brad Aaron

How to Tell Advocacy From Advocacy*

Hint: It's the perpetual mass slaughter of cats and dogs, and the will — or lack of* — to demand its immediate end.

Feb 14 • Brad Aaron

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.

Feb 7 • Brad Aaron

Dear Mayor Mamdani: Patrick Nolan's Reign of Terror Must End

A cesspool of corruption and waste, ACC is the antithesis of the NYC Mamdani claims to envision. Longtime board chair Nolan embodies the rot.

Jan 24 • Brad Aaron

NYC DOH ACC Extermination Data Suggests a Kill Quota. Again.

Figures through 2025 Q3 show DOH's ACC is still taking in fewer cats and dogs, and killing more of them, than before COVID.

Jan 20 • Brad Aaron

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.

Jan 17 • Brad Aaron

Mamdani’s NYC DOH ACC Starts '26 With Medical Torture Killing

Meanwhile, a lawmaker who could stop cat and dog culling statewide, but won't, will waste space in Albany for another year.

Jan 10 • Brad Aaron

An Open Letter to Mayor Mamdani O/B/O NYers Doing NYC DOH's Job

A truly inclusive affordability agenda requires DOH's ACC to relieve strapped New Yorkers taking up its slack. Will Mamdani deliver?

Jan 3 • Brad Aaron

Catch the Holiday Spirit, NYC DOH ACC Style!

Nothing warms heart and hearth like taking out the trash.

Dec 29, 2025 • Brad Aaron

Mamdani, Menin Poised to Let DOH ACC Abuse and Kill With Impunity

Offloading the costs of ACC malfeasance onto New Yorkers, as their forebears have done for decades. Unless ...

Dec 6, 2025 • Brad Aaron

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