YES: Mamdani's administration just funded New York City's first-ever pet food pantry program.
$750,000 in the FY2027 budget, specifically to help pet owners who can't afford food for their animals. Another $750,000 goes toward affordable spay/neuter services. $1.5 million total, aimed at keeping people and their pets together.
Here's why it matters: NYC animal shelters took in over 16,000 animals last year. Nearly 10,000 were strays. Another 6,500 were owner surrenders — people who loved their pets but couldn't afford to feed them or get them basic vet care, and had to give them up.
Animal welfare advocates had been pushing for this for years, asking for $15.3 million to fully fund pantries, spay/neuter clinics in every borough, and a real animal welfare office. They got a fraction of the ask, But it's the first time the city has put dedicated dollars behind the idea at all.
No family should have to choose between rent and feeding their family — pets included. This is a start.
@Wormsinyourbed@LegionHoops@IanBegley $24M is intergenerational. This is what would happen if it all went in the stock market at an average growth rate. Starting return of 2 million each year. 8 people could live comfortably off of the interest alone.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he does not support changing Constitution to allow him to run for president:
“I think the Constitution looks good the way it is.”
@ryvnxi@jermavelii You’re the one with no ball knowledge. First licensed skin released on Call of Duty was a SAW collab skin in late 2020. Fortnite’s first was in 2018. By the time CoD dropped its first licensed skin, Fortnite dropped 58 from brands like Marvel, Star Wars, and DC.