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Is the New York City Pound Fudging the Numbers?

By Nathan J. Winograd | March 28, 2019March 23, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

Shelter Reform Advocate Uncovers Proof that the Number of “Treatable” Animals Reported Killed was Altered. Animal Care Centers of New York City (ACC), the City’s pound, is no stranger to scandal. The Department has been plagued by one scandal after another — including a long, ignoble history of neglect, abuse, and killing — since its inception, including its most recent ones which include ramming through a 34-year contract to maintain the status quo until 2052…

NYC Attempts End Run Around Reform

By Nathan J. Winograd | January 15, 2019March 23, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

New York City’s Health Department signed a 34-year contract with its own subsidiary, Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC). The contract was pushed through with minimal input from the public, and was signed despite the fact that it will affect hundreds of thousands of animals, the Department is paying itself $1.4 billion of the public’s money, and serious animal care deficits at the pound, including vivisection-like abuse activists have dubbed “spay, neuter, kill.” On average,…

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Good news for animals and animal lovers of NYC

By Nathan J. Winograd | September 27, 2018 by Nathan J. Winograd

New York City Council Member Robert Holden to introduce shelter reform legislation that prohibits convenience killing and mandates the programs and services of the No Kill Equation. This week, I received the exciting news that New York City Council Member Bob Holden has “started the legislative drafting process” for a shelter standards law based on the Companion Animal Protection Act (CAPA), the model shelter reform legislation written by the No Kill Advocacy Center, my organization.…

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Dear Mayor de Blasio and Members of the City Council

By Nathan J. Winograd | September 15, 2018March 23, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

In light of historical, ongoing, and as I posted this past week, recent revelations of animal care deficits in New York City’s pound system, and in light of the fact that the Health Department is attempting to push through a 34-year contract in secret which will maintain the status quo until 2052, I’ve sent a letter, on behalf of the No Kill Advocacy Center, to the Mayor, City Council, and Health Commissioner requesting reform of…