Central Park Horse-Drawn Carriages Face Ride Into the Sunset
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Calls For Ban On Horse-Drawn Carriages
Mayor Eric Adams has signed an executive order to prepare New York City (NYC) for a ban on horse-drawn carriages, including potential replacement with electric alternatives. Adams also called on the NYC Council to pass “Ryder’s Law,” which will actually begin the phase-out of horse-drawn carriages in the city. The law would ensure “humane” relocation of the industry’s horses – not to slaughter or other cab businesses – and administer a workforce…

Central Park horse-drawn carriages face ride into the sunset
The rights and wrongs of the horse-drawn carriages that carry tourists around New York's Central Park have been loudly debated for years, but the mayor has signalled they may be at the end of the track.
A subject of fierce debates for almost twenty years, the carriages of Central Park are again suspended: the mayor of New York voted in favour of their ban on Wednesday, rejoicing the defenders of the animal cause and ulcerating the checkers.The attraction, whose price...
Ryder’s Law Threatens City Carriage Drivers' Jobs - Columbia News Service
Animal rights protesters demonstrate outside City Hall on Sept. 10. (Credit: Aleah Gatto) One afternoon in September, a young couple pushing a child in a stroller asked Ahmet Bilici to take them on a ride around Central Park in his horse carriage. For the next half hour, the family rode around the park’s southern drives while Bilici guided his horse, Chocolate. After the family paid for their ride and went on their way, Bilici parked at the en…
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