Int. No. 655 would allow Trap, Neuter, Return programs in NYC and require all free-roaming owned cats to be sterilized. It would also require New York City Animal Shelters to be open 12 hours a day, seven days a week to receive homeless and stray animals.

It would also increase accountability by requiring New York City Animal Care and Control to report the number of animals turned in, picked up, returned to owner, adopted, and euthanized. It would also require reporting of staffing levels.