Life has been much more cozy for Rosie since she exited the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway with help from the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals. (Photo by Joe Galka)

April 10th began as a fairly typical day for Evon Handras, a Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals staffer who spends a lot of her spare time helping feral cats (unsocialized, homeless cats) and stray cats in the New York City area. In fact, she had just dropped off a feral cat at the ASPCA Stationary Spay/Neuter Clinic in Queens, and …

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    Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals Hosts “Maddie’s® Pet Adoption Days” June 1 & 2 New York, NY – Wednesday, May 22, 2013 – On Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and June 2, thousands of dogs and cats, puppies and kittens will all be looking for their forever homes at New York City’s biggest FREE pet adoption event ever. The …

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Debi Romano of SaveKitty Foundation received a call on Tuesday, March 12, from a school in Richmond Hill, Queens. When putting out the trash, the school’s custodian noticed that a black plastic bag — which was tied shut — was moving! He looked inside and was surprised to find two orange tabby kittens. He notified the office personnel, but since …

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Everyone appreciates David Glicksman's volunteer efforts on behalf of companion animals. (Photo by Devon Santoro)

by Thea Feldman A self-proclaimed lifelong animal fan, David Glicksman says he had no idea how much his life was going to change when he decided to attend a meeting for new volunteers for the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals in 2010. He was so impressed with the organization and its Coordinator of Events and Training, Barbra Tolan, that he …

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One of the adoption rooms, complete with overhead catwalk, redesigned to reflect the founder's dream of providing a home-like atmosphere for homeless cats. (Photo by Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals)

by Thea Feldman The Patricia H. Ladew Foundation, a Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’S Animals participating organization located in Oyster Bay, Long Island, celebrated its grand reopening with an afternoon party and tour of its newly renovated shelter. The multi-floor house, which has been a sanctuary for homeless cats since the late Patricia H. Ladew, an ardent cat lover, bought the …

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