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Committee Reports
With over 150 committees covering an enormous number of issues, the expertise of the City Bar membership is both wide and deep. Through its committees, the City Bar issues hundreds of reports and produces hundreds of events each year.
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Reports
June 1, 2007
Letter to Stony Brook University Medical School urging it discontinue the use of live dogs in physiology and surgery laboratories on legal, scientific, and ethical grounds
Letter to Stony Brook University Medical School urging it discontinue the use of live dogs in physiology and surgery laboratories on legal, scientific, and ethical groundsReports
June 1, 2007
Letter to New York Medical College urging it discontinue the use of live dogs in physiology and surgery laboratories on legal, scientific, and ethical grounds.
Letter to New York Medical College urging it discontinue the use of live dogs in physiology and surgery laboratories on legal, scientific, and ethical grounds.Reports
May 1, 2007
Report on A.311/S.558 which would amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to fire hazard safety standards for animal housing maintained by pet dealers and A.312/S.559 which would to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requiring certain pet dealers to maintain an automatic dialing device to facilitate automatic notification in the event of a fire emergency
Report on A.311/S.558 which would amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to fire hazard safety standards for animal housing maintained by pet dealers and A.312/S.559 which would to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requiring certain pet dealers to maintain an automatic dialing device to facilitate automatic notification in the event of a fire emergencyReports
March 1, 2007
Testimony before the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, February 22, 2007 commenting on the current policy of permitting off-leash exercise and socialization for dogs in designated parks
Testimony before the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, February 22, 2007 commenting on the current policy of permitting off-leash exercise and socialization for dogs in designated parksReports
October 1, 2006
Report supporting H.R. 3858 (Pet Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act) which seeks to amend current law to ensure that State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals following a major disaster or emergency
Report supporting H.R. 3858 (Pet Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act) which seeks to amend current law to ensure that State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals following a major disaster or emergencyReports
October 1, 2006
Report supporting A.1835/S.2142 which would amend the environmental conservation law to allow each county in New York State by local law or ordinance to restrict, limit or prohibit trapping within its municipal limits
Report supporting A.1835/S.2142 which would amend the environmental conservation law to allow each county in New York State by local law or ordinance to restrict, limit or prohibit trapping within its municipal limitsReports
October 1, 2006
Report is support of New York City Council Resolution 497 which calls for the increased compliance with Section 809 of the New York State Education Law, which requires instruction on the humane treatment and protection of animals
Report is support of New York City Council Resolution 497 which calls for the increased compliance with Section 809 of the New York State Education Law, which requires instruction on the humane treatment and protection of animalsReports
July 1, 2006
Report supporting S.7691/A.10767 which would amend the Family Court Act and Criminal Procedure Law, in relation to animals being protected under the provisions of a court order of protection
Report supporting S.7691/A.10767 which would amend the Family Court Act and Criminal Procedure Law, in relation to animals being protected under the provisions of a court order of protectionReports
June 1, 2005
Memorandum supporting S.2517/A.1280 which would amend section 96-b of the Agriculture and Markets Law to provide for the mandatory revocation of licenses of operators of slaughterhouses upon the failure of three consecutive sanitary inspections
Memorandum supporting S.2517/A.1280 which would amend section 96-b of the Agriculture and Markets Law to provide for the mandatory revocation of licenses of operators of slaughterhouses upon the failure of three consecutive sanitary inspectionsReports
June 1, 2005