Take Action
Host a screening of New York Cat Crisis
In your workplace, on your campus, or in your community (e.g. a public library, house of worship, community center).
Inform your local leaders
New York City Residents
Find your local city and state leaders and reach out to them directly. Send an email, make a phone call, or schedule a meeting with their office to let them know more about the issue and the solutions you’d like to see them support.
Increased funding and broader supportive services for animal shelters, equitable access to affordable spay/neuter and veterinary services throughout every borough, funding of pet food pantries, sufficient owner surrender prevention programs, regulatory oversight and transparency for private equity stakeholders investing in or buying out businesses in your area, PSAs to inform the public of available services, and animal care education in public schools. — Many working in the animal welfare space have voiced the need to form a Department of Animal Welfare to dispense funds, regulate rescue operations, administer the city’s contract with Animal Care Centers (ACC), and to manage all animal-related services and responsibilities in the city.
Beyond NYC
The issues of affordability, private equity roll-ups, access to spay/neuter services, and outdoor cat overpopulation extend far outside of New York City. Contacting and building relationships with local leaders is an important step in advocating for solutions and creating change. Contact your the people representing your locale — at the town, city, county, state, or provincial levels — and inform them about the issues and solutions important to you.
Learn about public policies & reporting
Active Legislation
New York City Council - Bills currently in committee
Intro 1029-2026 - Establishing low-cost veterinary clinics.
This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to establish and maintain at least one veterinary clinic in every borough that would provide low-cost veterinary services for pets.
Intro 1098-2026 - Price disclosures by veterinary care facilities and publication of veterinary care facility price information.
Amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to price disclosures by veterinary care facilities and publication of veterinary care facility price information.
New York State Assembly - Bills currently in committee
A09042 - Requires veterinary clinics to file notice and documentation to the attorney general before completing certain transactions.
Requires veterinary clinics to file notice and documentation to the attorney general to determine if certain transactions would be against the public interest for veterinary care access prior to completing such transactions.
A00631 (Same as S00832)- Establishes a tax credit for the cost of veterinary services up to two thousand dollars per year.
A01593 - State assistance for food and vet expenses for guide dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs
Model Legislation & Reports
Save Our Pets Act: Stopping the Corporate Takeover of Veterinary Practices
Drafted by Helaine Olen and Laurel Kilgour of the American Economic Liberties Project.
Adapted from the National Academy for State Healthy Policy’s model legislation addressing human healthcare markets. This model legislation will ban not just non-veterinarians from owning veterinarian practices, but addresses the workarounds, rendering management services organizational structures also illegal. Read the full text.
Private Equity and Healthcare: Balancing Profit with Wellness
Written by Michael Goldhaber of the NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights.
Private equity firms have invested more than $1 trillion in debt-financed healthcare deals over the last decade—often at the expense of patient care.
At the heart of this report is a series of case studies documenting how financial engineering plays out in the real world—This report proposes concrete recommendations for PE investors and state and federal governments to prioritize patient care over profit. Read the full report.
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