City Council Speaker Julie Menin has fast-tracked Intro. 943, a bill to ban horse-drawn carriage rides, claiming that it has been improved with amendments to take care of workers who will be stripped of their livelihoods. A vote is scheduled for next Thursday, Oct. 22.

Despite Menin’s promises, the truth remains that hundreds of horse carriage drivers, owners, and their family members will callously be kicked to the curb to fend for themselves. The bill is farce. There is no concrete plan providing economic relief, no funding, no safeguards to ensure horses won’t wind up in the glue factory once evicted from their stables.

I urge all councilmembers of good conscience to take a stand against this abomination.

There is no real relief for carriage drivers or owners. The legislation simply says a plan should be drafted by April 2027 and include job fairs, job counseling and other undeniably weak measures. While dozens of........

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