Optional donations for spaying and neutering shelter animals on tax forms, applications and bills.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced Feb 8, 2024
Official status: Filed (End of Session)
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to optional donations for spaying and neutering shelter animals on tax forms, applications and bills” Read the full text
Finance
What it does
This local law would require the Department of Finance to include a space to enable taxpayers to make a $5 donation to support the spaying and neutering of animals at city shelters where feasible on all department forms, applications and bills for any tax year commencing on or after January 1, 2022. Such donations would be administered by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced by Council · Feb 8, 2024
Referred to Comm by Council · Feb 8, 2024
Filed (End of Session) · Dec 31, 2025
Official documents
Summary of Int. No. 12
officialInt. No. 12
officialFebruary 8, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
officialHearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-8-24
officialMinutes of the Stated Meeting - February 8, 2024
officialStraight from the Council record: fiscal impact statements, committee reports, and hearing transcripts as filed.
The numbers
5
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Who is lobbying on this
From 2 City Clerk eLobbyist filings naming this bill (2024). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025).