{"id":888,"date":"2026-05-19T12:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=888"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:14:19","slug":"poop-patrol-nyc-council-wants-more-bags-signs-and-fines-to-get-rid-of-dog-waste-via-scoop-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2026\/05\/19\/poop-patrol-nyc-council-wants-more-bags-signs-and-fines-to-get-rid-of-dog-waste-via-scoop-act\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Poop patrol\u2019: NYC Council wants more bags, signs and fines to get rid of dog waste via \u2018SCOOP Act\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Council members said Friday that this time, irresponsible dog owners across the city have&nbsp;<em>really<\/em>&nbsp;stepped in it.<\/p>\n<p>Local lawmakers gathered on May 15 at Tompkins Square Park Dog Run, along with New York City\u2019s Dog Mayor, Deputy Dog Mayor and the new Dog Speaker to drum up support for a collection of new bills aimed at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/nyc-transit\/increasing-dog-waste-sidewalks-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deterring owners from ditching their dog\u2019s dookie<\/a>&nbsp;on the sidewalks, in city parks, and public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the council introduced the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2026\/05\/15\/3122\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safe and Clean Outdoor Ownership Practices (SCOOP) Act<\/a>, a set of five bills they hope will ease the rising complaints about the poop smeared across the city\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Council Member Shahana Hanif, (D-Brooklyn) introduced a bill requiring DSNY and DOHMH to design a public information and outreach campaign about the dangers of leaving dog poop in communities.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/lifestyle\/nyc-council-more-bags-signs-fines-dog-waste\/?utm_source=sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=politicsny-newsletter&amp;utm_term=PoliticsNY%20Political%20Edge\">here<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Council members said Friday that this time, irresponsible dog owners across the city have&nbsp;<em>really<\/em>&nbsp;stepped in it.<\/p>\n<p>Local lawmakers gathered on May 15 at Tompkins Square Park Dog Run, along with New York City\u2019s Dog Mayor, Deputy Dog Mayor and the new Dog Speaker to drum up support for a collection of new bills aimed at&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2026\/05\/19\/poop-patrol-nyc-council-wants-more-bags-signs-and-fines-to-get-rid-of-dog-waste-via-scoop-act\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}