VILLAGE OF MAMARONECK, NY – Knee-jerk legislation is on the agenda as the result of a recent dog-on-dog attack that also resulted in a dog owners finger being severed while trying to break up the dog fight.
Residents have managed 50 signatures on a petition to have the dog removed from the village. Meanwhile, Mayor Norman Rosenblum says, “It’s a health, safety and welfare question, especially regarding the kids.”
The matter to adopt legislation that would specifically address pit bulls, “dogs with a reputation for being violent” according to officials, has been added to the agenda for the village board’s Tuesday, October 9th meeting.
The original incident resulted after the pit bull jumped a chest-high chain link fence and attacked the smaller dog, whose injuries were fatal. The pit bull’s owner has been charged with one count of a dangerous dog attack on a domestic animal.
New York State Law prohibits breed-specific legislation.
5. Nothing contained in this article shall prevent a municipality from adopting its own program for the control of dangerous dogs; provided, however, that no such program shall be less stringent than this article, and no such program shall regulate such dogs in a manner that is specific as to breed. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, this subdivision and section one hundred twenty-one of this article shall apply to all municipalities including cities of two million or more.
To send your POLITE, RESPECTFUL and PROFESSIONAL correspondence to Village Officials:
Village of Mamaroneck
123 Mamaroneck Ave.,
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
PH: (914) 777-7700
Mayor Norman Rosenblum
nrosenblum@vomny.org
Louis Santoro
lsantoro@vomny.org
Toni Ryan
trusteeryan@yahoo.com
John Hoffstetter
johnmhofstetter@yahoo.com
Sid Albert
rsidalbert@optonline.net
Fred M. Kray
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