“They’re trying to get out. There’s no access for them to get out,” said Suzanne Hernandez, an animal advocate who has been pushing for their release.

“I randomly, just two days ago, came across a Facebook post,” said Kristina, a concerned Brooklyn resident. “It infuriated me because I saw all of this evidence that there are cats inside this facility, that it is locked and nobody’s doing anything.”

“I was here right away. We went through,” she said. “There was a cat. We released the cat right away.”

“NYCHA is aware of concerns raised about cats allegedly inside the Nursery School on the Sheepshead Bay campus. In coordination with the space's tenant, NYCHA staff are conducting regular searches and have located and removed one live, unharmed cat. NYCHA has also installed a video camera for additional monitoring, and at this time, there is no evidence of additional cats in the space.”