Metro

Long Island co-op wants woman and the cats she takes care of to scram

The fur is flying at a Long Island co-op complex where an animal-loving resident is caring for a colony of stray cats living on the grounds.

Maryann Hamilton — who’s fed the seven kitties every morning for the past several years — got a letter from the co-op’s lawyer demanding that she “remove” them from behind a fence at the Birchwood on the Green development in Oakdale.

Lawyer Andrew Troia told the retired teacher to get rid of the cats by April 25, when a gate in the fence will be locked to “preclude individuals not employed by the cooperative housing corporation from accessing this area.”

Hamilton, 68, said a former superintendent at the complex built shelters and feeding stations for the cats in the woods.

“This is their home,” she said of feline friends Jingles, Cookie, Shadow, Gigi, Bold, Raccoony and George.

“They’re not criminals, I’m just feeding them.”

Hamilton’s lawyer, Karen Copeland, also noted that New York state law “prohibits depriving an animal of sustenance,” which is a misdemeanor.

Co-op board president Jane Sheridan didn’t return a request for comment.