Dog owners had been fighting for the right to walk their dogs at Jones Beach and other state parks where the pets are banned.
on Friday that would have required all 180 state parks to allow visitors to enter with their leashed dogs. The bill would have effectively overturned existing dog bans at state-owned beaches on Long Island and certain sites in the city, like Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park in Manhattan and Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx.
“As currently allows dogs in certain parks and is already in the process of ensuring dog waste stations are installed, this bill would likely lead to significant confusion and enforcement issues,” Hochul wrote.Some, like Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City and Hudson River Park in Manhattan, allow leashed dogs in certain areas. Others, like Shirley Chisholm State Park in Brooklyn and Jones Beach and Robert Moses parks on Long Island, ban them entirely.
The state would have been required to maintain dog-waste stations with biodegradable bags at each park, and the state parks commissioner would have had the power to prohibit dogs from certain areas of a park to protect wildlife or the environment.
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