{"id":233251,"date":"2026-05-15T22:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/233251\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:46:46","slug":"news-12-bronx-scoop-act-targets-dog-waste-citywide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/233251\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Scoop Act Targets Dog Waste Citywide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Your dog&#8217;s \u201cNo. 2\u201d is the No. 1 priority of the so-called \u201cScoop Act.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The bill expands access to dog waste bags, creates a composting program from dog runs, launches a public education campaign and strengthens enforcement. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">City Council members said the legislation comes after a spike in complaints following major snowstorms earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cI\u2019m not saying everyone was irresponsible,\u201d said Laurie Duncan, a Brooklyn dog owner. \u201cSometimes it was just too difficult because it sinks in the snow, and then the snow melts, and all that\u2019s left is dog waste all over the sidewalk.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">This city said 311 received 821 complaints about dog waste citywide during January and February, which was up 35.8% compared to the same time last year. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cPeople definitely get irritated if there\u2019s waste being left around,\u201d said Mike Tucker, a dog owner. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cThat\u2019s not hygienic, it\u2019s not clean,\u201d said Peter McGuinness, another dog owner. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The legislation is scheduled to be heard by the committee next week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your dog&#8217;s \u201cNo. 2\u201d is the No. 1 priority of the so-called \u201cScoop Act.\u201d The bill expands access&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-233251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233251","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=233251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}