Horse-drawn carriage fight now before the New York City Council also rages in Dublin, Ireland DUBLIN, Ireland; NEW YORK CITY––Horse-drawn carriages as New York City knows them arrived in the immediate wake of the passage of the Dublin Carriages Act of 1853. That, 173 years later, has much to do with political battles now underway […]
NYC mayor Eric Adams endorses bill to phase out horse-drawn carriages
But could lame duck New York City mayor Adams even chase carriage horses out of the Central Park pond? NEW YORK, N.Y.––Does probable “lame duck” New York City mayor Eric Adams have the clout to kick horse-drawn carriages out of Central Park? Eric Adams, with few friends in politics lately other than U.S. president Donald […]
Why was a sick horse, too old to work, pulling a New York City carriage?
Opossum piss may have made the horse sick, but why didn’t the 35-year driver see it? NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.–– The New York City Transport Workers Union might be said to have invoked the “Ernie Paragallo defense” on behalf of carriage horse owner/driver Ian McKeever, 54, who during the evening rush hour on August […]