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- Highlights of June 7, 2013 Hearing of NYC Council Health Committee
- Risa Weinstock Named AC&C Executive Director, Shedding “Interim” title
- SAVE THE DATES: June 7th and June 14th Key Meetings Involving AC&C
- “Dream” Agenda for June 14th AC&C Board Meeting
- THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONTINUES TO STIFF THE BRONX AND QUEENS
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE JUNE 14, 2013 AC&C BOARD MEETING
Highlights of the June 14, 2013 AC&C Board Meeting “I’m trying to answer your question why animals get euthanized. They get sick. They get very sick.” AC&C Executive Director Risa Weinstock. (Click here for a video of Weinstock responding to … Continue reading
Risa Weinstock Named AC&C Executive Director, Shedding “Interim” title
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Risa Weinstock was tapped to be the AC&C’s newest Executive Director. Click here for the AC&C Press Release. Here’s what the Department of Health and the AC&C Board had to say … Continue reading
Posted in ACC in the News, Board of Directors
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SAVE THE DATES: June 7th and June 14th Key Meetings Involving AC&C
June is shaping up to be a busy month for meetingss involving the AC&C. For example, we just learned that the NYC Health Committee has scheduled a very important hearing for Friday, June 7th. The meeting agenda includes 2 resolutions … Continue reading
“Dream” Agenda for June 14th AC&C Board Meeting
The last meeting of the AC&C board was in January 2013. In anticipation of the upcoming June 14th AC&C Board meeting, here’s a list of issues we predict will be included the agenda… as well as some the Board is … Continue reading
Posted in About the Board, Board of Directors, BOD Meetings
Tagged ACC, ACC Board Meeting, ACC Board Members, Department of Health, DOH, NYC ACC, NYC Animal Care and Control
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Promises. Promises. The Department of Health Giveth . . . and Taketh Away.
NOW YOU SEE THE PROMISED MONIES. NOW YOU DON’T. We spotted something quite odd in the January 2013 Financial Plan published by the City’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB proposes how to fill gaps in the … Continue reading
Highlights of the January 2013 AC&C Annual Board Meeting
SYNOPSIS OF THE JANUARY 31, 2013 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AC&C BOARD OF DIRECTORS For the first time in the AC&C’s history, a non-government director is named Chairman. And that means what? As previously reported, the January 2013 Annual Meeting … Continue reading
Can Non-Government AC&C Directors wrest control of the AC&C Board from the Department of Health?
We recently reported that, for the first time, there’s a non-government director serving as AC&C chairman. We don’t know what went on in the private session of the January 31st board meeting. In case anyone thinks that now it will … Continue reading
Something surprising happened at the January 31, 2013 Annual AC&C Board Meeting
If you knew absolutely nothing about New York City’s Animal Care & Control and you attended an AC&C Board Meeting, you’d come away thinking that everything’s great at the AC&C and getting better every day. And the recent January 31, … Continue reading
The AC&C’s Sudden Interest In Creating an Adoptions Staff and Filling Empty Executive Slots
SUDDENLY THE AC&C WANTS TO CREATE AN ADOPTIONS STAFF AND FILL LONG EMPTY EXECUTIVE POSITIONS According to a recent Wall Street Journal puff piece on the AC&C, shelter management is suddenly looking to hire “Adoptions Staff.” Originally Management planned to … Continue reading
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AC&C Annual Board Meeting Announced: Thursday, January 31, at 10 AM
IT’S OFFICIAL! AC&C ANNUAL MEETING OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 2013 10AM – 11 AM Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley has allowed AC&C Chairman (the very same Dr. Farley) to post a notice … Continue reading
Posted in Board of Directors, BOD Meetings, NYC's ACC
Tagged ACC Board Meeting, ACC Board Members, Department of Health, DOH, NYC ACC, NYC Adoption, NYC Animal Care and Control
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Department of Health’s Response to MBP Stringer’s Searing Report on the AC&C and Call for Change
Photograph Courtesy of Bethany Obrecht On January 6, 2013 MBP Scott Stringer addressed a crowd assembled near a dog run in Riverside Park. He unveiled his report entitled “Led Astray: Reforming NYC’s Animal Care & Control.” Mr. Stringer described the … Continue reading
Video of Jan. 6, 2013 Press Conference by MBP Stringer to Announce Report: “Led Astray: Reforming NYC’s Animal Care & Control.”
If you weren’t able to attend the January 6, 2013 press conference held by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer to unveil his report entitled “Led Stray: Reforming NYC’s Animal Care & Control,” here’s Shelter Reform’s video of that event. In … Continue reading
Posted in ACC in the News, Animal Care, Board of Directors, Events, Laws Affecting ACC, Local Law 59 (fka Intro. 644), Medical/Hygiene, NYC's ACC, Receiving Centers
Tagged ACC, ACC Board Meeting, ACC Board Members, ACC Receiving centers, ACC veterinary care, Department of Health, DOH, Jeff Latzer, NYC ACC, NYC Adoption, NYC animal rescue, Queens Receiving ceners
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A Call for Change by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer Unveils Insightful Report on NYC’s Animal Care & Control and a Blueprint for Change January 6, 2013 Flanked by fellow elected officials as well as animal rescuers and advocates, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer … Continue reading
AC&C June 28, 2012 Board Meeting: Everything is dandy.
The June 28, 2012 ACC Board Meeting Continue reading
Where are the promised 2 new members for the ACC Board?; ACC agrees to publish nightly kill lists
WHERE OH WHERE ARE THE PROMISED TWO NEW MEMBERS FOR THE AC&C BOARD? NYC’s Department of Health continues to drag its bureaucratic feet in appointing two new “independent” members to the AC&C Board of Directors. Nine months ago, City Council Member … Continue reading
New York City’s Animal Care & Control Could Have Had an Extraordinary Leader
We recently wrote about Bill Bruce, a leader and visionary in animal shelter reform. A few weeks ago Bruce visited New York City to address rescue group members of The Mayor’s Alliance. He described how he turned the Calgary, Canada … Continue reading
Posted in About the Board, Bill Bruce, Making ACC No-Kill
Tagged ACC, Bill Bruce, Julie Bank, NYC ACC, NYC Animal Care and Control, NYC animal rescue
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REPORTS BY DOH AND ACC REPS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ACC: WHO SAID WHAT AT THE JAN. 31ST ACC BOARD MEETING
Videos Of the Board Meeting Be sure to share, like, and comment on these videos. Wall Street Accountant Harris Bloom explains why he would be THE perfect addition to the ACC Board. Attorney Nora Marino asks to join ACC Board … Continue reading
ANNUAL BOARD MEETING OF ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL JANUARY 31, 2012
First impression of the 1/31 Board Of Directors Meeting Continue reading
ACC’s Board of Directors
Reform starts with a new ACC Board Shelter Reform has long argued that – to reform New York City’s Animal Care & Control – a new Board of Directors is needed, a Board reflecting the creation of a new and … Continue reading
Posted in About the Board, Board of Directors, NYC's ACC
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