Edward Lehner, Who Made Dog Owners Pick ‘It’ Up, Dies at 93

Before the law passed, navigating New York was a harrowing exercise in dog-feces avoidance. As he put it, sometimes “you would come home and have it all over you.

Source: [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/nyregion/edward-h-lehner-dead.html)