“In this neighborhood, people don’t complain,” resident Freddie Cottes, 51, said. “It’s a tough area, it’s not like snowflakes — so if they’re complaining,…
Residents of the Upper Manhattan community are howling over brazen dog walkers and pet ownersabout dog poop citywide have surged by 17% this year, up to 1,383 reports as of June 30, compared to 1,186 during the same period in 2022.
“In this neighborhood, people don’t complain,” resident Freddie Cottes, 51, said. “It’s a tough area, it’s not like snowflakes — so if they’re complaining, it’s bad.” One fed-up neighbor posted on Next Door that confronting people who fail to pick up pet droppings has proven ineffective.After the Hamilton Heights resident ripped into a dog walker for leaving behind their Boston Terrier’s turds, the arrogant man picked up the poop with a bag and chucked it into the street. Many residents blamed the smelly spike on spotty city enforcement.
Failure to pick up a dog’s excrement is punishable by a maximum $250 fine, which is doled out by the Sanitation Department’s 270 inspectors.
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