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Horse-Drawn Carriages

NYCLASS volunteers and animal rights activists protest across the street from Gracie Mansion.

NYCLASS Demands de Blasio Get Back in the Saddle on Carriage Horses

Animal advocacy organization NYCLASS protested outside Gracie Mansion where Mayor Bill de Blasio was having a fundraiser.
By Madina Toure
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio would both get raises under a commission's proposal.

Animal Rights Group Slams Council Speaker as Horse Deal Collapses

Animal rights groups are fuming after the collapse of a deal to restrict carriage horses to Central Park.
By Jillian Jorgensen
Protestors support the mayor's efforts to remove horses from New York streets last spring. (Photo Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: Horse Carriage Deal Nixed, Life Without the L Train and More

The Teamsters union nixed a deal with the City Council and mayor to confine horse drawn carriages to Central Park.
By Parker Richards
A horse drawn carriage driver waits for customers outside of Central Park. (Photo: Spencer Platt for Getty Images)

De Blasio Horse-Carriage Deal Falls Apart as Teamsters Drop Support

By Will Bredderman
A horse-drawn carriage outside Central Park. (Photo: Spencer Platt for Getty Images)

Councilman Calls for Delay in Horse Carriage Vote

By Jillian Jorgensen
Barneys flagship store at 660 Madison Avenue. (Getty)

Afternoon Bulletin: City Settles Lawsuit Over Racial Profiling

By Parker Richards
Stable owners Patrick and Cornelius Byrne and driver Ian McKeever protest with workers against the plan to curtail horse carriages (Photo: Will Bredderman for Observer).

De Blasio Carriage Horse Deal Ticks Everybody Off

By Will Bredderman and Jillian Jorgensen
(Photo: Keith Blacknick/Twitter @Mediagoon)

Afternoon Bulletin: Fleeing Car Dives Into Gowanus, Mast Brothers Sales Drop and More

By Felipe De La Hoz
A horse carriage. (Photo: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

De Blasio Defends Plan to Build Horse Carriage Stables in Central Park

By Jillian Jorgensen
Two horse-drawn carriages are ridden on Central Park West (Photo: Stan Honda for AFP/Getty Images).

De Blasio Announces Compromise to Keep Horse Carriages in Central Park

By Jillian Jorgensen
Mayor Bill de Blasio is heading into the crucial third year of his term, which will set up his year-four re-election bid. (Illustration: Fred Harper for Observer)

Mayor at the Crossroads: Bill de Blasio’s Midterm Report Card

By Jillian Jorgensen
A NYCLASS protest against the horse carriage industry. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Bill de Blasio to NYCLASS: ‘Go Get the Votes in the City Council’

By Ross Barkan
Russell Simmons at the 15th annual Art for Life Gala (Getty Image)

ADL Rips Russell Simmons for Comparing Animal Abuse to Holocaust and Slavery

By Will Bredderman
Russell Simmons today. (Photo: Ross Barkan/New York Observer)

Russell Simmons Compares Animal Abuse to the Holocaust and Slavery

By Ross Barkan
Two horse-drawn carriages are ridden on Central Park West (Photo: Stan Honda for AFP/Getty Images).

PETA Video Accuses Horse Carriage Drivers of Using Aggressive Hate Speech

By Justin Joffe
Actress Amy Schumer at the Tribeca Film Festival April 2015. (Photo: Robin Marchant/Getty Images for the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival)

Afternoon Bulletin: Amy Schumer’s New Gig and More

By Hailey Cunningham
A carriage in Central Park (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images).

De Blasio’s Central Park Car Ban Won’t Apply to So-Called Horseless Carriages

By Will Bredderman
Congressman Michael Grimm today. (Photo: Ross Barkan)

Animal-Loving Michael Grimm Doesn’t Want to Ban Horse Carriages

By Ross Barkan
A NYCLASS protest in April. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A Great Horse Race: Activists Aren’t Forgetting Mayor’s Pledge to Ban Horse Carriages

By Ross Barkan
Edita Birnkrant of Friends of Animals speaks to the press as NYCLASS members gather behind her. (Jillian Jorgensen/Observer)

NYCLASS and Allies Rally for Horse Carriage Ban at City Hall

By Jillian Jorgensen
Robert Jackson.

Sources: Advance Group Refunded Robert Jackson for Use of Voter Database Information

By Will Bredderman
A NYCLASS protest. (Photo: Facebook)

NYCLASS Furious That Bill de Blasio Hasn’t Banned Horse Carriages Yet

By Ross Barkan

Tim Gunn Pens Letter to de Blasio Calling for End to NYC’s Horse Carriages

By Marie Solis
New Yorkers protest the treatment of carriage horses like Blondie (Photo: Ashley Byrne, PETA)

PETA Protests “Cruel Carriage Trade” with Mock Crime Scene

By Esti Jungreis
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