New York's War on Pigeons

When we last noted the pigeon menace in New York, celebrated Councilman James Oddo was suggesting putting the flying rats on birth control.

Now another member of the august body known as the New York City Council is looking to put the burden for this urban menace upon those most responsible for this plague--the people who feed them.

POL GOES MANO A 'GUANO'

If one Brooklyn lawmaker has his way, New Yorkers who toss crumbs and seeds to pigeons would be hit with a $1,000 fine.

Brandishing pictures of a subway station soiled by pigeon poo, Councilman Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn) said he's introducing a bill to ban pigeon feeding, with the goal of slashing the city's population of the birds.

"If people like pigeons, take them into their homes . . . and let them crap all over the place in your living room," Felder said outside City Hall.

The legislation faces an uphill battle in the council.

Bakeries will be hardest hit by the proposed legislation.

"Once the enforcement is out, we hope that the people who are spending their time collecting old bread from bakeries . . . will stop. I find that people who feed pigeons are not feeding them in their homes," Felder said.

We need more politicians with such powers of observation.

Naturally, like most New Yorkers, Felder recommends exporting the problem west of the Hudson.

"[The pigeons] may go elsewhere. Let them go to New Jersey."

Thanks.

May I offer a cultural exchange? We'll trade the Canadian geese for a few pigeons.

Felder must be a Chuckie Schumer acolyte. He actually held a press conference to announce this.

Video here.