Queens family battles city over pet pig
Photo credit: Facebook | Petey (The Pig) Forge.
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A state senator is trying to help a Queens family keep its pet pig, which is banned by a city law.
Danielle Forgione, who lives in Whitestone with her family, purchased Petey the pig in April to help her children cope with both the death of their uncle and their grandfather's battle with cancer.
But the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's ban on "the possession and/or harboring...
