Drivers Are Livid After Vote to Ban NYC’s Horse Carriages
The City Council voted 40 to 7 to ban the carriages from Central Park starting in 2028. But the carriage drivers vowed to fight their loss of livelihood in court.
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The City Council voted 40 to 7 to ban the carriages from Central Park starting in 2028. But the carriage drivers vowed to fight their loss of livelihood in court.
Sligo carriage driver says operators are being unfairly blamed for wider public safety concerns after a tourist died in a carriage crash in June
New York's City Council voted 40 to 7 to pass the bill Thursday, which Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to sign.
The New York City Council votes to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streets and Central Park.
The New York City Council passed a bill today that will ban horse-drawn carriage rides by 2028. The rides have been romanticized on television and in movies. The move comes after a teenager was killed this summer when he was thrown from a carriage. NBC News’ Valerie Castro is on the scene.
Horse-drawn carriages will be riding into the sunset in New York City in two years after city leaders voted Thursday to ban the practice.
As councillors prepare to banish the vehicles, views in Central Park are divided over the 160-year-old tradition.
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