By Julia Shipley

A New York civil court judge on Tuesday issued a decision officially declaring two pit bull mixes “dangerous,” nearly six months after the dogs attacked a chihuahua on a Columbus Avenue sidewalk at West 85th Street.

The ruling by Judge Phaedra Perry-Bond came on a case brought by the owners of the chihuahua and another owner whose dogs were earlier attacked by the same pit bull mixes, Rambo and Zooey. The dogs belong to Upper West Side resident Joseph Columbus, who was ordered by the judge to pay one of the plaintiffs for medical expenses incurred by her injured dogs.

The court ruling was a victory for Lauren Block, whose shih tzu mix dogs were attacked in January in Central Park by the pit bulls. Block’s co-plaintiffs are Lauren Claus and Devon Allen, owners o

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