Animal hoarding in Utica is handled under New York's cruelty law. Keeping so many animals that they lack proper food, water, or sanitary conditions is a class A misdemeanor under Agriculture and Markets Law Sec. 353. Locally, unsanitary conditions are also enforced by Codes Enforcement.
New York Agriculture and Markets Law Sec. 353 makes it a class A misdemeanor to deprive any animal of necessary sustenance, food, or drink, or to neglect or refuse to furnish it. Animal hoarding cases, where an individual accumulates more animals than can be properly cared for, are typically charged under this statute. In Utica, the local hook is Sec. 2-5-37(D), which requires premises where dogs are kept to be clean and sanitary, plus the city's property and nuisance provisions. Complaints are investigated by Animal Control, Codes Enforcement, and, for cruelty, police and prosecutors.
Cruelty and neglect under Sec. 353 is a class A misdemeanor; local unsanitary-conditions violations can bring code fines and orders to reduce animals and clean the premises.
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