Any?
Any rentals?
Any co-ops?
Any condos?
Laws in New York State protect dog owners. None protect the rest of us.
Apartment buildings are for people, not dogs.
"Pet friendly" apartment buildings have become the norm.
For people who get a note from their doctor that they need a dog for physical or emotional assistance, how about apartment buildings that accommodate that exclusively? Let the rest of us live in apartment buildings that do not have animals. Otherwise:
If you want to live with animals, buy a farm and sleep in the barn.
How about some common sense restrictions?
Separate entrance and elevators for dogs.
Failing that: no sharing. Dogs may enter an elevator only with the permission of the people already on. Stuff like that.
Dog free floors.
No congregating of dogs: entrance, lobby, sidewalk, ...
I think that COVID unleashed (pun intended) universal cohabiting of people and dogs. Dogs in baby strollers. It's 100% DOGS!
Elected officials and hired administrators won't rock the boat. For half a century in White Plains almost all Common Council members, elected at large, have lived in houses, so it doesn't impact them or the other house owners on their street.
Environmental impact of dog piss and shit? Vernacular used to be more descriptive.
How about public hearings?
Pets, especially dogs, should be banned from apartment buildings. Saturday, October 12, 2024
White Plains: dog city? Do they have more rights than people? Sunday, October 13, 2024