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CM Robert Holden has launched two new payments geared toward enhancing public security and animal welfare. Photograph by John McCarten/NYC Council Council Member Robert Holden has launched two new items of laws that concentrate on fireplace hydrant misuse and abusive rodeo practices.  The 2 payments—Intro 1255 and Intro 1256—search to bolster public security and shield animals from inhumane remedy. The primary invoice, Intro 1255, generally known as the Rodeo Animal Safety Invoice, is concentrated on ending what Holden and supporters describe as merciless and pointless practices in rodeo occasions.  Particularly, the laws bans using calf roping, electrical prods, and flank…

Bronx Council Amanda Farías who sponsored and handed Intro 26-A, a invoice that limits non-essential helicopter flights from metropolis owned heliports. Picture William Alatriste/NYC Council Media Unit The New York Metropolis Council on Thursday voted to cross a landmark invoice sponsored by Council Majority Chief Amanda Farías that may prohibit non-essential helicopter flights from city-owned heliports until they meet the Federal Aviation Administration’s strictest noise requirements. The invoice’s passage comes simply two weeks after a lethal sightseeing helicopter crash alongside the Hudson River claimed six lives, reigniting requires higher oversight. The measure, which handed overwhelmingly, goals to curb the noise,…