If Central Park horse carriages are banned, it will create a series of disasters that City Council members will own forever. Immigrant workers and their families will face economic ruin, and horses will be in peril: some will die.

What will the Council members who sign onto the Ryder’s Law ban say when a horse is slaughtered for human consumption in other countries, as thousands of other American horses are every year? Even if a carriage horse is sold to a new owner with good intentions, there’s no guarantee it won’t be sold again and wind up in a slaughterhouse because it lacks an owner with the finances or will to care for it.

Approximately 95% of the 150 active carriage drivers and medallion owners are immigrants who came here for their American Dream. What will Council members say when these blue-collar workers and their families start to default on their mortgages, face eviction for nonpayment of rent, and can’t pay their children’s........

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