Puppies, America’s favorite thing, are in danger and a local animal rights activist wants your help in protecting them. In a press release, Justin Brannan, legislative aide to Councilman Vincent Gentile and president of the Bay Ridge Democrats, is urging people to contact State Senator Marty Golden to pass a bill that would allow local governments to regulate puppy mills.

Flushing attorney Paul Vallone nabbed an endorsement this week from NYClass, an animal rights advocacy group.

NYClass, which stands for New Yorkers for Clean Livable and Safe Streets, also threw its weight behind Councilman Mark Weprin's reelection bid.

Dogs and cats can’t vote, but the people who care about them do. And they’re making their voices heard in the various council races around the borough.

NYCLASS, the animal-rights group that's part of a superPAC dumping IEmoney into ads trashing mayoral frontrunner Chris Quinn, is out with a slate of 10 endorsements for Manhattan City Council seats.

An anti-Christine Quinn political committee that has raised $1.4 million toward the explicit goal of electing "Anybody But Quinn" as New York City's next mayor Tuesday night released its sixth television ad -- its first on broadcast stations.

The long-running argument over the continued use of horse-drawn carriages in Manhattan is one of those intractable debates this city seems to produce.

At an animal rights debate last week, five mayoral hopefuls voiced their support for a change in city oversight of animal shelters.

More than a century ago, the rumbling, sputtering automobile put the horse and buggy out of business. Now, Jason Wenig wants to help history repeat itself.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The idea of banning horse-drawn carriages from the streets of New York City has been around since at least the 1980s, mostly pitting animal advocates against those in the iconic tourist industry.

Gristedes owner John Catsimatidis initially seemed to be the winner of a Monday mayoral forum organized by animal-rights advocates. After claiming that "some people call me the cat man," the Republican candidate told everyone about the time he called the FDNY to track down his daughter's escaped cockatiel, which was returned safe and sound. He then shared an even more harrowing — and less happy — pet tale: