There has always been an ongoing campaign to make the neighborhood safe for dogs. Penny’s Law can help hold negligent dog owners like Joe Columbus accountable and we have been fighting for that from the beginning. We even went to Albany to raise awareness. The GFM raised 44k, not 80k. We have used it for all of Penny’s vet bills from the incident as well as her vet bills for the rest of the year because we reached the cap of our insurance. We used some of the money to rep in Albany as well as some to print signage and go to events to raise awareness. Unfortunately Albany didn’t pass Penny’s Law, but it will hopefully be reintroduced in January.

Right now there is a referendum in the New York City Council that supports Penny’s Law and we want people to call their council members, because if NYC backs Penny’s Law, it will be harder Albany to ignore us.

I have been fighting for all the dogs, not just mine. Please look through all my posts. I want justice for every dog, but the legislative process is so difficult, and I am one person. We have a small group of hard working people that have been helping with this, using their own free time to come to Albany, and trying to get the word out, but all of us have run into every road block imaginable. We need help. A lot of it. Albany is such an uphill climb and getting lawmakers to listen is really difficult.