The housing crisis and high cost of living — which are forcing some people to move out of the city and leave their pets ...

One of the pooches was giving birth to puppies as police and animal rescue groups went room by room, recovering scores of dogs from the Mill Island home on Thursday.

Authorities in New York City and rescuers with the city's largest animal shelter sprang into action on June 26 after discovering over 100 neglected dogs in a deceased woman's Brooklyn home.