Center for Animal Care and Control

Animal Care & Control of New York City (AC&C), formerly known as The Center for Animal Care and Control (CACC), is the operator of New York City's municipal shelter system. It is registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization but receives the majority of its income as grants from New York City Department of Health, and lessor so, other governmental entities of New York City. Its other main source of income is the contract for operating the municipal shelter system on behalf of NYCDOH. It also receives donations from the public. [1] It has a 7 member Board of Directors, which includes as ex officio members the Commissioner of DOH, the Commissioner of New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the Deputy Commissioner for Community Affairs at the New York City Police Department (NYPD). The four remaining members of the Board are appointed by the Mayor.[2][3] AC&C was created in 1995 by the City of New York to take over the municipal shelter system from the ASPCA.[4] AC&C is a kill shelter, although their euthanisia rates have been slowly decreasing since 2004.[5] AC&C facilities operate in all five boroughs.