The New York Assembly and Senate continue to advance bills that would limit pet choice and restrict pet stores to only showcasing dogs from rescues that are not affiliated with breeders.
Even if you would not personally source to a pet store, it is critical that New York lawmakers understand that pet choice should not be limited. It will force pet stores to remove consumer protection and only provide dogs from unregulated sources.
It will also reduce the average person’s access and ability to choose a pet with the predictable type, mandated care, and substantiated health background that come with purebred pets from regulated sources. Individuals who lack the resources or do not have access to private hobby breeders will be the most directly impacted. View AKC’s previous alert and visit www.akcgr.org/petchoice for talking points and more information.
What You Can Do:
We thank the New Yorkers who have taken the time to contact the Assembly and Senate Agriculture committees, and ask you to now do the following:
Contact Your State Senator TODAY and ask them to not support Senate Bill 1130. Visit our Legislative Action Center and type your zip code in the “Find Officials” tool on the left side of the screen to find the name and contact information for your State Senator.
Contact Your State Assemblyperson TODAY and ask them to not support Assembly Bill 4283. Visit our Legislative Action Center and type your zip code in the “Find Officials” tool on the left side of the screen to find the name and contact information for your State Assemblyperson.
Contact the members of the Assembly Codes Committee. Ask them to not support Assembly Bill 4283. If you are a constituent of a committee member, use the form below to directly contact them. Otherwise, use the following contact information:
Jeffrey Dinowitz (Chair- Bronx)
(718)796-5345
DinowiJ@nyassembly.gov
Thomas Abinanti (Tarrytown)
(914)631-1605
AbinantiT@nyassembly.gov
Vivian Cook (Jamaica)
(718)322-3975
CookV@nyassembly.gov
Catalina Cruz (Corona)
(718)458-5367
cruzc@nyassembly.gov
Steven Cymbrowitz (Brooklyn)
(718)743-4078
CymbroS@nyassembly.gov
Patricia Fahy (Albany)
FahyP@nyassembly.gov
Joseph Giglio (Olean)
(716)373-7103
GiglioJ@nyassembly.gov
Andrew Hevesi (Forest Hills)
(718)263-5595
HevesiA@nyassembly.gov
Charles Lavine (Glen Cove)
(516)676-0050
LavineC@nyassembly.gov
John Mikulin (East Meadow)
(516)228-4960
MikulinJ@nyassembly.gov
Michael Montesano (Hicksville)
(516)937-3571
MontesanoM@nyassembly.gov
Angelo Morinello (Niagara Falls)
(716)282-6062
MorinelloA@nyassembly.gov
Daniel O’Donnell (Manhattan)
(212)866-3970
OdonnellD@nyassembly.gov
Nick Perry (Brooklyn)
(718)385-3336
PerryN@nyassembly.gov
Gary Pretlow (Mount Vernon)
(914)667-0127
PretloJ@nyassembly.gov
Michael Reilly (Staten Island)
(718)967-5194
ReillyM@nyassembly.gov
Linda Rosenthal (Manhattan)
(212)873-6368
RosentL@nyassembly.gov
Rebecca Seawright (New York City)
(212)288-4607
SeawrightR@nyassembly.gov
Michael Tannousis (Staten Island)
(718)987-0197
tannousism@nyassembly.gov
Clyde Vanel (Queens Village)
(718)479-2333
VanelC@nyassembly.gov
Latrice Walker (Brooklyn)
(718)342-1256
WalkerL@nyassembly.gov
David Weprin (Fresh Meadows)
(718)454-3027
WeprinD@nyassembly.gov
For questions on this legislation, contact AKC’s Government Relations Department at doglaw@akc.org.