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What Pet Owners Must Do to Get New York Apartments (The New York Times)

The New York Times, March 29, 2013

What Pet Owners Must Do to Get New York Apartments

“Darryl Vernon, a former member of the committee on animal law of the New York City Bar Association, wrote ‘Companion Animals in New York City Apartments,’ the committee’s brochure on pets in housing. ‘With co-ops and condos, the situation is getting better, but boards enforce what they want to enforce,’ he said. ‘Even many buildings that describe themselves as pet-friendly impose myriad restrictions.’ The issues generally involve dogs because, as Mr. Vernon said, ‘landlords tend not to know about cats, so there’s less litigation.'”

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