I did a research paper on the links between animal abuse and human abuse and found through my research that animal abuse will almost always lead to human abuse. Many domestic violence, rape, homicide, and other human abuse cases first started with animal abuse. Many interviews of said criminals said they confessed to starting with animal abuse before starting human abuse. If we as a country are allowing these abuses outlined in this petition to happen in our own communities on a daily basis, what does that say about us? I also just have a great love for animals and don't understand the extent to which we, as a country, have let these problems get so out of hand. Please Don't Shop, Adopt!

I believe true health starts with nutrition.

We have been providing for the Cat Colonies along the waterfront piers since the 1980's. Because of Redevelopment along the waterfront piers, the cats have to be re-located. We are petitioning for Pier 70, be left for the cats and consolidate the cats from nearby piers, that are losing their home

I love Ben and Jerrys but, I don't like carrageenan. So please make an ice cream flavor without carrageenan. Carrageenan is a product derived from certain types of red algae, a seaweed. It is still an ongoing debate on whether or not it is harmful. It is thought that carrageenan is a cause of a range of cancers (especially gastrointestinal ones) and other illnesses like Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Even if it is safe there should still be a choice for those who refuse to eat it. So who better to take on that challenge than Ben and Jerry's?

Residents best interest have to be protected. -----Original Message----- Thank you* I run a grassroots' effort to help resident, and provide some hope. Residents were traumatized by Sandy, information was slow in coming. So many were displaced, hard to get information to them all. People couldn't get to their homes for weeks and then only by Police Escort. Many effected retired and or elderly. Now, 18 months later, the residents are getting a feel for what they have to do. To protect their best interests, fix/rebuild their homes and move forward. Many settled claims. ALL "assumed" they got paid fairly. Yet, I have been following public adjusters, who are getting homeowners, already told they were paid fairly, more money. One homeowner wasn't paid for 3 rooms left out of their claim. These homeowners need time and are just finding the resources', to help themselves. The State, FEMA could have been much better at getting information out and should be willing to side on the resident's (taxpayers)favor! 90 days minimum would be a HUGE help! Joan* DeLucia Sandy NJ Warriors

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is about to sell off more control of the Internet to big corporations like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon — the same corporations who have a near monopoly over our digital lives and businesses. Americans already pay way too much for way too slow internet service. In many rural and suburban areas, internet access looks the same as it did in the '90s, while profits for these giant companies have never been higher. Now Chairman Wheeler wants to allow big internet providers to charge websites for faster content delivery, setting up a pay to play fast lane. We don’t allow pay to play anywhere else in society — the Internet, the backbone of our current and future economy is no place to start. This means content providers like Netflix will have to pay ransom to internet providers to make their videos available at the fastest speeds. Meanwhile, content from other innovative websites and small businesses who can’t afford to pay will be drowned out. All of us — the Internet consumers — will lose. Sign on now to stand up for real net neutrality and protect the free and open Internet while we still can. Approved by Cole for Congress, http://coleforcongress.com

Kenya Moore is a bully and a pathological liar! She has caused so much drama on Real Housewives of Atlanta that I am thinking of not watching the show anymore if she continues to be a cast member.

Show your support of Nea's stellar facilitators, who are instrumental in making Nea the wonderful school that it is.

Of all the mistakes in the failed drug war, the obsessive and overzealous enforcement of arcane marijuana regulations has no doubt had the worst effect on our society. We need to demand our lawmakers commit THIS YEAR in the mid term elections where the issues aren't buried in Presidential politics, to removing marijuana from the Schedule 1 list, better yet remove it completely from the entire substance control list. I went to prison for a few joints back in the early 1970's and at the time I was an honor student, nationally ranked athlete and editor of the campus sports page. That record has hounded me throughout the years, and there are millions more like me, whose lifetime potential was robbed by these arcane laws. And that can only hurt society as a whole. We can't get that back, but we can make certain the leaders of the future are not saddled with the same obstacles by demanding our lawmakers take responsibility as one of their first acts of 2015, when the 114th Congress is seated.

The persistent threat by domestic terrorists, like Cliven Bundy and his armed supporters, to the welfare of our country and our people should not be tolerated. They should be prosecuted as the traitors and terrorists they are.

Because this is an issue that affects all New Yorkers. Many people hate Andrew Cuomo's policies and lack of keeping campaign promises. Yet we do not want to have a GOP candidate in office.

When a song is played on terrestrial radio, the musicians and performers receive no compensation whatsoever. They also are denied royalties payment from other countries that DO compensate performers. It is time we recognize the value of music creators.