Health officials told Lucy’s owners that she would have to leave the city. After the family, the neighborhood and its political representatives protested, a temporary reprieve emerged.

A Staten Island family’s 15-year-old emotional support pig, Lucy, has become the focus of a heartwarming and perplexing standoff with the New York City Health Department—one that began with anonymous 311 complaints and ended,

Lucy the Pig is staying on Staten Island with her family to receive medical care. We won’t be fining them or taking enforcement action at this time as it