Former Council Member Paul Vallone (left) participated in adoption events sponsored by the Animal Care Centers of New York.
Photo courtesy of the Animal Care Centers of New York
The Queens Animal Care Center in Ridgewood will be renamed in honor of Paul Vallone, the former City Council Member, who suffered a fatal heart attack in late January at the age of 56.
Speaker Adrienne Adams sponsored the legislation to rename the facility at 1906 Flushing Ave. the Paul A. Vallone Queens Animal Care Center which passed during the Mar. 7 Stated Meeting.
“Former council member Vallone was a passionate advocate for animals and their care and he advanced many bills to support their well-being while he served here in the council,” Adams said. “This includes his bill establishing Local Law 123 of 208, which requires the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to ensure that full-service animal shelters are operated in all five boroughs.”
The recently completed $30 million three-story facility in Ridgewood is operated by the Animal Care Center of New York providing animal adoption and surrender services, animal housing, a public animal medical clinic, animal shelter care and all support services for the facility. Katy Hansen, the director of marketing and communications at the Animal Care Centers of New York, wholeheartedly endorsed the passage of the bill.
“Everyone at ACC is so proud to support naming the newly constructed Queens Animal Care Center after the late Paul Vallone,” Hansen told QNS. “Council Member Vallone’s unwavering commitment to animal welfare and his instrumental role in advocating for improved conditions for NYC animals resonates deeply with the mission and values of everyone at ACC.”
ACC operates as the city’s only open-admission sheltering organization, never turning any animal away. ACC’s mission is to end animal homelessness in New York City and every year, ACC works with over 20,000 animals – both inside the shelter and…
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