State Legislature

In Kathy Hochul's New York, Homeless Pets Scrounge for Scraps

With state funding scarce, animal shelters and rescues depend on generosity, resourcefulness, and luck.

Sep 26 • Brad Aaron

New York Animal Cruelty Laws: A Tragedy in Three Acts

New York prosecutors decry weak state cruelty laws, though they often decline to use the tools they have.

Sep 13 • Brad Aaron

New State Shelter Standards Have Changed Nothing at NYC ACC

What good is CACSA when New York's largest "shelter" is still drugging, crating, abusing, butchering and killing?

Sep 6 • Brad Aaron

Albany Hasn't Passed a Companion Animal Welfare Bill Since 2024

Meanwhile, Bronx rep Jeffrey Dinowitz is making a case to succeed Donna Lupardo as lead Assembly obstructionist.

Aug 11 • Brad Aaron

Mamdani's Animal Welfare Director Is Another NYC ACC Crony

Allie Taylor's Voters For Animal Rights group is aligned with pro-kill pols and power brokers from NYC to Albany.

Aug 8 • Brad Aaron

What It Takes to Get Answers About NY Animal Shelter Inspections

For weeks, state agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball ducked questions about NYC ACC shelter law compliance. Why?

Aug 1 • Brad Aaron

NY Pols Pledge Abuser Accountability. Kill-Pound Pals Excepted.

Lawmakers in Albany and NYC took credit for bills that would do nothing to impede the state's most prolific abusers.

May 9 • Brad Aaron

Albany '26: How Many Pets Will Donna Lupardo Condemn to Death?

The pro-kill Assembly obstructionist is nearing retirement. After co-quashing SARA, what's a few thousand more?

Mar 25 • 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

New York City Should Start Drowning Dogs Again

After ACC's three-week meltdown, New Yorkers deserve to see what they're subsidizing. Especially the killings.

Aug 8, 2025 • Brad Aaron

Sorry, Peanut: NY Lawmakers Vanish, Abandon Companion Animals

For the second year running, Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislators declined to pass a single major animal-friendly bill.

Jun 24, 2025 • Brad Aaron

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