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By Gabriel-José Maldonado
Due to effective citywide campaigning and Councilmember Shaun Abreu’s advocacy, the New York City Council reinstated the Community Composting for the FY2025 budget, restoring $6.245 million to programs. While impressive, that is still very much a temporary solution. Community Composting should be a fixed program that is funded by the city for years to come.
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By Alejandra Jiménez
A new bill introduced last Thursday could require the city’s health department to deploy salt-based sterilizing pellets in two neighborhoods as part of a pilot program. These pellets would target both male and female rats and would be used in so-called rat mitigation zones, covering at least 10 city blocks.
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“Today’s announcement represents a powerful step in our fight for affordable housing and tenant rights,” said Council Member Shaun Abreu. “By restoring rent stabilization, reducing rents, and adding more affordable units across the city, we are not only addressing past wrongs but also reaffirming our commitment to a fair and accessible housing market for all New Yorkers.
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By Jeongyoon Han
HAN: The council member in question, Shaun Abreu, knows a thing or two about rats. When he was younger, rats chewed up his grandmother’s furniture and infested his uncle’s closet.
SHAUN ABREU: Rats are a very New York City problem.
HAN: So when Abreu saw Mahaney’s tweet, he met with the sanitation department to figure out a solution.
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By City & State
Council Member Shaun Abreu, a former tenant rights lawyer, prevailed in a crowded primary in 2021 and then became the first Latino to represent his Upper Manhattan district. As chair of the Committee of Sanitation and Solid Waste Management, Abreu has pushed to restore sanitation funding and transition the city to new rodent-proof bins.
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By Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Micah Lasher, & Council Member Shaun Abreu
Dear Mayor Adams and Chancellor Banks:
We thank you for the City’s decision to provide many New York City students with OMNY Cards that give them free 24-hour access to NYC subways and buses up to four rides per day, 365 days per year.
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By Nicole Rivard and Scott Smith
“Flaco’s Law,” a new bill introduced in April by Council Member Shaun Abreu, would at least eliminate rodenticides in two NYC neighborhoods as part of a rodent birth control pilot program, if it passes. Dr. Loretta Mayer, co-founder of Wisdom GoodWorks, has been working with Abreu and educating him about the non-profit’s fertility control GoodBites, which are plant-based pellets and function as a food supplement for rats and mice, so they are a healthier meal for the city’s wildlife in addition to being an effective population-control measure.
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By Gus Saltonstall
Abreu, who also spoke to the Rag, answered on the importance of hosting the rally on the Upper West Side.
“Verdi Square is a place where West Siders, elected officials, and Manhattanites come together to make sure we’re taking the message home,” Abreu told the Rag.
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By Anna Leah
North Manhattan native and chair of City Council’s Sanitation Committee Shaun Abreu helped bring the containerization pilot program to Morningside and Hamilton Heights last fall, which he represents. The program led to 68% fewer rats spotted.
“That was not a campaign promise, but it was a promise for my girlfriend,” he joked, recalling her jumping as they walked the city.
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