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By John Dias
NEW YORK – Is birth control the best way to tackle the city’s growing rat population? That’s what New York City Council members are considering.
A set of bills were introduced Thursday that, if passed, may get better control of the rat population while also helping out other wild animals.
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By Katie Honan
The New York City Council on Thursday introduced a bill to protect the city’s wildlife — inspired by the death of Flaco the owl and other birds of prey sickened by eating poisoned rats.
“Flaco’s Law” would include changes to how the city mitigates its rat population, encouraging a different kind of birth control for the rodents — instead of poison.
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By Max Rivlin-Nadler
From the moment of his escape from the Central Park Zoo, the inherent tragedy of Flaco’s freedom was written in the stars (the rat poison and pigeon herpes did the actual killing). But in death, will Flaco go on to help save thousands of other birds?
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NEW YORK (WABC) — A New York City Councilman introduced a package of bills in honor of the beloved celebrity owl who died after surviving in the wild on his own for more than a year after leaving the Central Park Zoo.
Elected officials, scientists, bird experts and New Yorkers held a City Hall rally Thursday to announce the introduction of the historic package of bills.
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By Ramsey Khalifeh
A New York City lawmaker wants to avenge avian icon Flaco, who died with a dangerous amount of rodenticide in his system, by sterilizing rats.
Councilmember Shaun Abreu introduced a bill on Thursday to test out a program to distribute contraceptive rat pellets in his Upper Manhattan district.
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By Miranda Lu and Tsehai Alfred
Mayor Eric Adams hosted a community conversation at the Manhattanville Community Center on Monday, the latest in a series of public meetings offering residents and community stakeholders the opportunity to engage in direct dialogue with the administration.
Along with a panel of other officials, Adams spoke to a full room of community members on questions spanning a range of issues affecting West Harlem and New York City as a whole, including the citywide trash containerization rollout, influx of people seeking asylum, and safety concerns in New York City Housing Authority complexes.
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By Peter Senzamici
HARLEM, NY — Parks, trees, schools: take your pick.
It’s time for West Harlem to vote on how to spend $1 million in public dollars.
Participatory budgeting projects have been finalized from Harlem City Council Member Shaun Abreu.
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By Emma G. Fitzsimmons
For nearly 60 years, New York City leaders have understood that they could not kill their way out of the rat problem.
Rats are prodigious breeders, with one pair having the potential to produce 15,000 descendants in a year.
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By Jessica Formoso and edited by Amanda Geffner
NEW YORK CITY – NYC Councilman Shaun Abreu is proposing a bill that will make it easier to tip deliveristas on food delivery apps. It’s a two-measure bill:
It was supposed to be a big win for delivery workers in New York City, but a new law requires that they be paid a certain wage.
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By Karen Yi
Food delivery apps would be required to allow customers to tip when they’re ordering instead of after they get their food under new legislation from a New York City lawmaker.
City Councilmember Shaun Abreu told Gothamist he plans to introduce two relevant measures during the City Council’s scheduled meeting on Thursday.
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