New York City ? Put your hands up and back away from the breadcrumbs. Feeding New York City pigeons could soon be banned under a proposal to thin the flocks of the birds sometimes referred to as “rats with wings.”

City Councilman Simcha Felder said Monday that he would introduce legislation to ban pigeon feeding and fine those caught flouting the ban $1,000.

The ammonia and uric acids in pigeon droppings can rust steel and corrode infrastructure, he wrote in a report outlining potential solutions to the pigeon problem. A pigeon excretes an average 25 pounds of droppings per year, he said.

“We have pigeons doing whatever they do all over the city without anyone trying to stop it,” Felder said outside City Hall. “If people like pigeons, take them into their homes, feed pigeons in your house and let them crap all over the place in your living rooms.”