A rally is planned for Thursday, calling on the New York City Council to pass a bill banning the city's horse carriage industry.
Eyewitness NewsThe bill, called "Ryder's Law," would stop the city from issuing new licenses to horse drawn cabs.A rally is planned for Thursday, calling on the New York City Council to pass a bill banning the city's horse carriage industry."In 21st Century New York City, and frankly anywhere else, we should no longer see horses laboring to pull carriages in city traffic; it's a practice that's outdated, inhumane and unsafe.
"We are constantly finding carriage horses forced into heavy Midtown traffic daily while elderly, injured and sick - just like Ryder was. These horses are suffering immensely," said Edita Birnkrant, Executive Director of NYCLASS.Dan Krauth has the details on a new and potentially lethal narcotic that is creeping into the NYC area from Latin America.
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