Horses will no longer be clopping through Central Park. Gothamist:
Council Speaker Julie Menin on Tuesday announced the chamber would hold a vote on legislation to ban the industry on Oct. 22. For years, animal rights advocates have called for the end to the park’s once iconic carriage horses. Their push gained momentum in June after a carriage horse collapsed and died. Weeks later, teen tourist Romanch Mahajan died after he fell from a runaway carriage horse in the park.
NYC Council set to ban Central Park's carriage horse industrygothamist.comMayor Zohran Mamdani has said he supports the ban, and a majority of city councilmembers have signed on to support legislation that would end the industry.