Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara and Senator Jim Tedisco are again working together across party lines for common sense legislation to get things done for the people they represent.

On Tuesday, September 23rd at the Saratoga County Public Safety Building, Santabarbara and Tedisco will announce the “NYS Safe Pet Boarding Act,” in response to a growing epidemic of animal cruelty cases in our area and to seize the opportunity to strengthen protections by creating clear, consistent oversight for pet boarding facilities which have recently come to light with the deaths of 21 dogs at a boarder in Argyle and the murder of the French Bulldog named “Gus” at “A Time for Paws” in Halfmoon. And just this past Friday, three people who worked at a dog boarding facility in Altamont called “Meadowdale Acres” were charged with failure to provide proper sustenance and animal cruelty charges in the death of a 2-year-old pit bull mix named Diesel.

Santabarbara and Tedisco’s NYS Safe Pet Boarding Act would set some minimum standards at the state level for oversight of doggy day care and boarding facilities. Currently, it’s up to local governments to regulate these facilities and enforce any violations.

Santabarbara and Tedisco will be joined by family members who recently lost their beloved dogs at these facilities.

Santabarbara, Tedisco and other officials and the families who lost their dogs will hold a press conference on the bipartisan “NYS Safe Pet Boarding Act” and their agenda to protect pets and people at the Paul E. Lent Public Safety Facility, 6012 County Farm Road. Ballston Spa, NY on Tuesday, September 23rd at 11:00 a.m.

WHO: Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, Senator Jim Tedisco, Saratoga County Board of Supervisors Chairman Phil Barrett, Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo, Acting Saratoga County District Attorney Jennifer Buckley, Washington County District Attorney Tony Jordan, Katie Levy, whose French Bulldog “Gus” was murdered at a Time for Paws in Halfmoon, Cody Shields, who lost his three dogs “Brutus”, “Hilda” and “Loki” at Anastasia Acres Boarding Facility in Argyle, Families of other dogs who died in Argyle, Other officials

WHAT: Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, Senator Tedisco, other officials and families of dogs who were recently killed at local pet boarding facilities will call for new bipartisan legislation, “NYS Safe Pet Boarding Act” to bring better state oversight and coordination to the largely unregulated pet boarding industry.

WHEN: Tuesday, September 23rd at 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: Paul E. Lent Public Safety Facility, 6012 County Farm Road, Ballston Spa, NY.