News Briefs: Week of February 3
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN
Six bills passed by the City Council in 2013 but vetoed by then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg have been re-voted on by the new Council, which overrode the mayoral veto that had prevented them from becoming law.
The legislation includes a bill sponsored by Brooklyn Councilmember Vincent Gentile to establish a registry of people convicted of animal abuse that would be open to view by those who sell or adopt out animals, to prevent abusers from taking home a new pet.