The fur is flying over the future of the old Fordham Library.
The city-owned building recently was transferred to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for use as an animal shelter - with the local community board and others charging the city pulled a fast one.
Many people feel the Bronx is overdue for a full-service animal shelter, but residents and local leaders argue the building, on Bainbridge Ave., just north of Fordham Road, is desperately needed as a community center.
“We were reaching out, we were laying out our case, and the city just decided they were going to do this without consulting anyone,” said Greg Faulkner, chairman of Community Board 7.
The city was required by law to have a licensed, full-service animal shelter in each borough by 2006, but the Bronx has none.
But the latest plan for a shelter, to be run by Animal Care and Control, could be put on hold for at least two years as budget cuts squeeze its resources. Read more..
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