In Support Of Intro. No. 380
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RE: INTRO. NO. 380: WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT AND SCHEDULE A HEARING ON INTRO. NO. 380 TO EXPAND THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO HAVE COMPANION ANIMALS IN MULTIPLE DWELLING APARTMENTS.
Intro. No. 380 makes it clear that once a landlord waives the no-pet lease clause by failing to enforce it in the time already prescribed by law (3 months after a tenant has openly kept a pet with the knowledge of the landlord or landlords agent), the no-pet clause cannot be enforced if a tenant gets another pet (unless a nuisance is created). Intro. No. 380 also provides that persons 62 years of age or older may not be denied occupancy in or evicted from a multiple dwelling apartment on the sole ground that they have pets (unless a nuisance is created).
SOME REASONS WHY WE ARE ASKING THE NYC COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
INTRO. NO. 380:
Tenants with well-behaved cats and dogs should not be forced to choose between their homes or pets.
Federal law already allows tenants in public housing to have pets.
Numerous studies point to the health benefits, both physical and emotional, that people derive from having pets.
Thousands of wonderful, adoptable cats and dogs are killed at NYC shelters each year. Intro. No. 380 will save the lives of animals who might otherwise be abandoned or brought to already overburdened shelters.
Many senior citizens who want to move from their apartments because they live in substandard housing, or to be closer to relatives, are reluctant to do so for fear they will be denied occupancy or will be evicted if they take along their beloved cats and dogs.
Intro. No. 380 makes it clear that once a landlord waives the no-pet lease clause by failing to enforce it in the time already prescribed by law (3 months after a tenant has openly kept a pet with the knowledge of the landlord or landlords agent), the no-pet clause cannot be enforced if a tenant gets another pet (unless a nuisance is created). Intro. No. 380 also provides that persons 62 years of age or older may not be denied occupancy in or evicted from a multiple dwelling apartment on the sole ground that they have pets (unless a nuisance is created).
SOME REASONS WHY WE ARE ASKING THE NYC COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
INTRO. NO. 380:
Tenants with well-behaved cats and dogs should not be forced to choose between their homes or pets.
Federal law already allows tenants in public housing to have pets.
Numerous studies point to the health benefits, both physical and emotional, that people derive from having pets.
Thousands of wonderful, adoptable cats and dogs are killed at NYC shelters each year. Intro. No. 380 will save the lives of animals who might otherwise be abandoned or brought to already overburdened shelters.
Many senior citizens who want to move from their apartments because they live in substandard housing, or to be closer to relatives, are reluctant to do so for fear they will be denied occupancy or will be evicted if they take along their beloved cats and dogs.
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695 signatures
Goal: 100
Latest Signatures
18 December 2015
695.
Betsy T
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City, State, Zip Code
Jackson Heights, New York 11372
This petition is important to me since I am a renter and I have pets.
17 December 2015
694.
Nathalie D
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City, State, Zip Code
New York, New York 10029
I have a daughter and im hoping to get her a companion after my dog died. Hopefiully this will help me.
17 December 2015
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11 December 2015
689.
Ellen R
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City, State, Zip Code
NY, NY 10016
Please support this bill and the quality of life it represents.
10 December 2015
3 December 2015
687.
Pat L
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City, State, Zip Code
Staten Island, NY 10312
As a rescuer I see the need for more lenient laws governing the ownership of companion animals.
1 December 2015
686.
Coline M
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City, State, Zip Code
10014
For many people pets are family and friends. Sometimes for people who live alone animal friends are their only companions. Please do not pass a law that is inhumane to all species. People need animals and animals need people!
25 November 2015
17 November 2015
9 November 2015
683.
Melissa K
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City, State, Zip Code
NY NY 10021
PLEASE pass this, it is especially unfair to elderly people who live alone and just want a companion to enhance their quality of life!!
9 November 2015
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26 October 2015
678.
Joseph P
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City, State, Zip Code
Flushing, NY 11354
As a rescuer and NYCACC volunteer who personally transports many rescued animals, I can personally attest to the visible, palpable, positive difference the presence of companion animals makes in the lives of those
20 October 2015
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30 September 2015
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I S
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City, State, Zip Code
L.I.C., NY 11104
SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE MAY NEED A PET FOR COMPANIONSHIP
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Russell Lin
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Petition target:
COUNCIL SPEAKER GIFFORD MILLER; COUNCILWOMAN MADELINE PROVENZANO, HOUSING CHAIR; COUNCILWOMAN MELINDA KATZ, SPONSOR OF INTRO. NO. 380; City Hall, New York, New York 10007
COUNCIL SPEAKER GIFFORD MILLER; COUNCILWOMAN MADELINE PROVENZANO, HOUSING CHAIR; COUNCILWOMAN MELINDA KATZ, SPONSOR OF INTRO. NO. 380; City Hall, New York, New York 10007
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