New York City will pay for 3,500 cats to be spayed and neutered as part of a new pilot program in Brooklyn.

City lawmakers on Thursday approved $500,000 in funding to pay for cat spaying and neutering in an effort to address the city’s cat overpopulation and help low-income cat owners.

The money will be allocated to Flatbush Cats, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit focused on reducing the borough's outdoor cat population. Pet owners and volunteers who trap and sterilize stray cats before returning them to where they were found are eligible.

Councilmember Justin Brannan, who led the effort, said it’s past time the city addressed the city's feral cat overpopulation problem and envisions the program expanding in the future.

“I  believe that the city is taking advantage, if not exploiting the comp

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