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Bushwick’s ‘Crazy’ Cat Lady

How Carissa Aguirre helps keep Bushwick's street cat population in check.

Bushwick’s ‘Crazy’ Cat Lady

Bushwick’s ‘Crazy’ Cat Lady

How Carissa Aguirre helps keep Bushwick's street cat population in check.

Bushwick’s ‘Crazy’ Cat Lady

Here’s the deal: I miss my cat. She’s lived in Texas with my parents ever since I moved to Ridgewood. Now, I’m always looking for ways I can satiate the cat deficit in my life. So, when my friend asked me if I wanted to go see “Kedi,” a documentary about the street cats of Istanbul, Turkey, playing at Syndicated in Bushwick until this Sunday, there was nothing stopping me from replying with a wholehearted yes—and many cat emojis.

But the problem of stray cats hits closer to home for us in Bushwick. Our own streets are full of cats, too. They live in colonies, and…

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