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New York Public Housing Authority Enacts Dog Ban

09/22/2009 MANNY FERNANDEZ THE NEW YORK TIMES
Public housing projects in New York City are trying to reduce dog attacks by prohibiting residents from keeping dogs that weigh more than 25 pounds. The ban also applies to all pure-bred or mixed-breed pit bulls, Rottweilers, and Doberman pinschers. It has forced the owners of at least 113 dogs to give up them up to shelters, where they are adopted or euthanized. Some residents have refused to comply with the policy, and face eviction.

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Labels: dogs, New York City, public housing system

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Unreliability of elevators now something to rely on

11/16/2008 MANNY FERNANDEZ THE NEW YORK TIMES
The elevators in the Wagner Houses in East Harlem are the worst in the city’s public housing system, with 2,132 breakdowns in the 2007 and 2008 fiscal years. The 5,000 residents of the 22-building housing complex have experienced inconvenience, injuries and even deaths due to elevator malfunctions.

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Labels: elevator malfunctions, public housing system, Wagner Houses

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