{"id":199683,"date":"2026-04-16T18:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/199683\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:20:15","slug":"news-12-bronx-paws-off-bodega-cats-new-bill-could-remove-citys-prohibition-on-cats-in-retail-food-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/199683\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Paws Off Bodega Cats New Bill Could Remove Citys Prohibition On Cats In Retail Food Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Bodega cats are once again at the center of New York City politics.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A measure tied to the &#8220;Bodega Cat Bill&#8221; would remove the city&#8217;s prohibition on cats in retail food stores. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The council&#8217;s bill also calls for voluntary programs for free vaccinations and spay and neuter services. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Supporters say the legislation reflects reality in neighborhoods across the city, where shop cats are already part of daily life and small business culture. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">However, the council&#8217;s own bill summary says city action alone would not fully clear the way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bodega cats are once again at the center of New York City politics. A measure tied to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-199683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}