Wild Central Park carriage horses collide, injuring multiple drivers
Central Park ’s carriage-horse drivers have said “neigh” to allowing the city to test their animals for drugs, injuries and potential abuse, prompting officials to threaten a lawsuit and suspension of operations.
A vet was hired by the mayor’s office to conduct the first-of-its-kind “independent” testing but then denied access to a sampling of more than a dozen park horses across three stables this month without any good explanation, First Deputy Nayor Randy Mastro told The Post in an interview.The “standard full horse examinations” were set to include trotting to evaluate possible lameness and blood testing for drugs such as painkillers. “What we have here is industry-wide collusion to prevent an independent vet from properly examining these horses,” Mastro said, calling the widespread refusal “illegal” and “gravely concerning.Tim Walz slammed as video reveals staggering Somali aid fraud — including $4M for empty daycare with misspelled sign Missing teen's heartbreaking last words before mysteriously vanishing during Christmas Eve walk revealed Those options include seeking court-ordered testing, suspending individual licenses or even temporarily suspending the industry in the boroughs altogether till examinations can be completed, he said. John Samuelsen, the president of the labor union that represents the carriage horse drivers, meanwhile argued that the group has “nothing to hide” and “would welcome a truly independent review by equine veterinarians affiliated with major universities,” alleging the vet who City Hall hired is biased against the industry.“They should take blood from Eric Adams because Randy Mastro obviously has him doped up,” Samuelsen said in response to threatened potential legal action.“We’ve got nothing to hide — we look forward to working with the next administration.” The vet who the city hired, Dr. Kraig Kulikowski, has been described as “our veterinarian” by the anti-horse carriage nonprofit Equine Advocates, theA City Hall representative said Kulikowski was the only person with the necessary qualifications to apply during the November application period for the $20,000 contract. There are roughly 200 carriage horses in the five boroughs, and all of them are already evaluated by private doctors every six months, the rep added. But Mastro — who used to legally represent NYCLASS, an anti-carriage-horse-activist group — argued independent oversight has never been done.Kulikowski was still able to make initial observations of some of the horses that revealed disturbing findings, including scars consistent with ill-fitting equipment and “imply some signs of abuse,” Mastro said. “Just on physical examination, concluded that one of the horses should be taken out of service – to which the owner responded immediately, providing one of those hand-picked vets’ written reports saying the horse was fine,” he said. “ concluded that every one of these horses needed to be re-examined with blood tests given and trotting done … and not a single horse owner responded.”Samuelsen said the one horse recommended to be taken out of service was found “fit to proceed” by another vet the next day. Regarding the scars, the union president said many of the horses come to drivers from Amish country, where they did heavy physical labor and can bump against walls in city stables.Adams took a defiant stance against the industry this summer, blasting them as vestiges of old New York that “no longer work for our city.” Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who is slated to be sworn into office Jan. 1, has previously indicated support both for a ban on the carriages as well as the formation of a panel toTim Walz slammed as video reveals staggering Somali aid fraud — including $4M for empty daycare with misspelled sign2.9KKylie Jenner wears $57K in Cartier jewelry on Christmas after sweet Timothée Chalamet shoutoutsRob Reiner’s son Jake seen for first time since dad and mom’s grisly murdersRobert MillerStephen Yang for the New York Post
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