tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76936970890401845482024-02-06T21:57:08.533-05:00Carriage Horses - NYC commenting on and exposing the inhumane carriage horse industry in NYC. By The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages aka The Coalition for NYC Animals, Inc. Contact us at coalition@banhdc.org Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-118128422328284962022-09-14T07:18:00.001-04:002022-09-14T07:18:46.714-04:00<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="template" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; border: medium none; color: #333333; margin: 0px auto !important; position: relative; width: 600px;"><tbody style="width: 600px;"><tr style="width: 600px;"><td style="background-image: none; width: 600px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" rbl-attribute="text" rbl-type="headline" style="background-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr rbl-attribute="padding_top"><td align="center" colspan="3" height="10px" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 10px;" valign="top"><div style="font-size: 10px;"> </div></td></tr><tr><td rbl-attribute="padding_left" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 20px;" valign="top" width="20px"> </td><td class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: none; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: 560px;" valign="top"><div align="center" style="line-height: 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>THE COALITION FOR NYC ANIMALS, INC.<br />on <br />COMPASSIONATE & RESPONSIBLE TOURISM</strong></span></div></td><td rbl-attribute="padding_right" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 20px;" valign="top" width="20px"> </td></tr><tr rbl-attribute="padding_bottom"><td align="center" colspan="3" height="10px" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 10px;" valign="top"><div style="font-size: 10px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="rbl_image" rbl-attribute="image" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 10px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" border="0" class="" height="352" src="https://d1a8dioxuajlzs.cloudfront.net/accounts/8769/original/horses-gd1a9321e3_1920.jpg?1662815235" style="background-image: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 352px; width: 528px;" width="528" /></div><div aria-describedby="cke_127" aria-label="false" class="text-area caption cke_editable_inline cke_contents_ltr cke_editable cke_show_borders" role="textbox" spellcheck="true" tabindex="0"><div><strong>This is NOT Central Park. <br />NYC Carriage horses must be retired to a real sanctuary not a petting zoo</strong></div><div><br /></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" rbl-attribute="text" style="background-color: #eaeaea; background-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr rbl-attribute="padding_top"><td align="center" colspan="3" height="20px" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 20px;" valign="top"><div style="font-size: 20px;"> </div></td></tr><tr><td rbl-attribute="padding_left" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 20px;" valign="top" width="20px"> </td><td class="" style="background-image: none; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; width: 560px;" valign="top"><div style="width: 560px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><strong>HORSE SENSE: 9/13/22</strong><br /><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><a href="https://compassionatetourism.org/">Compassionate & Responsible Touris</a>m </strong></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>CARRIAGE HORSE STABLES IN CENTRAL PARK </strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>ARE A BAD IDEA and A DIVERSION</strong></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Not again! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">As MSNBC’s <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/horse-collapse-reignites-push-to-ban-carriages-in-nyc-147590725896?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_mj&fbclid=IwAR1CNWoxt_0-fLcF2WDQBKVIv71VWasoyJop5_wCvqvB-m8Sg_7EQlWiYoA">Morning Joe</a> was airing a piece about the controversial NYC carriage horse issue (9/1/22,) showing footage from horrendous accidents over the years that continue to plague NYC, the Transit Workers Union local 100 (TWU) <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/carriage-horse-drivers-union-proposes-industry-reforms">introduced a new proposa</a>l that once again suggested stables in Central Park – a new boondoggle. All this after the<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/23/beaten-malnourished-nyc-carriage-horse-retires-upstate/"> horrible accident involving Ryder,</a> an emaciated, seriously ill, geriatric horse, who collapsed on the street with the owner beating him and trying to pass him off as 14. It was an image that went around the world – a black mark for NYC tourism. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">In 2015, trying to appease everyone but ending up with no one, <a href="https://observer.com/2016/01/de-blasio-defends-plan-to-build-horse-carriage-stables-in-central-park/#:~:text=Mayor%20Bill%20de%20Blasio%20isn,will%20be%20worth%20the%20money.&text=Mayor%20Bill%20de%20Blasio%20said,will%20be%20worth%20the%20money.">former Mayor de Blasio’s administration introduced a bill</a> that would put the horse stables in Central Park at a cost to the City of $25 Million. The bill was supported by the Teamsters, who then represented the horse owners – but opposed by the <a href="https://nypost.com/2016/01/28/central-park-conservancy-doesnt-like-de-blasios-stables-proposal/">Central Park Conservancy</a>. The bill ultimately failed. Good government groups were poised to sue the city, which would have kept this issue in the courts for years. Horse stables in Central Park are simply not a viable idea. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Do the union and carriage owners really expect to pull the proverbial wool over our eyes by thinking they will cram 180 horses into the existing 86th street stables? Or do they expect to expand the structure, taking over more of the people’s park? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/html/mancb2/downloads/pdf/alienationbrochure.pdf">Park land belongs to the people</a> – not a private industry such as the NYC carriage horse business. This reapportioning of very desirable land in Central Park - would have to go through the legal process of alienation working its way through the state legislature and ultimately the City Council. It most likely would not pass. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">The TWU proposal claims the new stables will be “state of the art”. Translated, it means that those 180 horses would require access to pasture – at one acre per horse for a first-class facility. This would not include the space required for the actual stalls and support functions within the structure itself. NYC carriage horse stalls are legally allowed to be 60 sq. ft. – half the size of what is recommended by equine experts. Factoring all of that in, this “state of the art” stable could take up one quarter of Central Park – all for a private for-profit business. It is fantastical thinking and a diversion. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">New Yorkers will not stand for it. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Although the TWU suggests what resembles a petting zoo for people, grazing land would have to be kept pristine, blocked off from the public, guarded 24-7, and not doused with garbage, chemical fertilizer or weed killers. Overgrazing on too small a plot can easily turn the paddock into a mudhole. As an alternative, without adequate and thoughtful grazing space, the horses would be kept in their “legal” 60 sq. ft. stalls - looking out with sadness at grass that is inaccessible to them. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Allowing children to feed carrots to the horses is absurd and would result in colicing horses or lawsuits from families whose children get their fingers chomped off. Our tax payer dollars at work. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Relegating carriage horses to Central Park is no panacea just because it is off the busy Manhattan streets. The park can get very crowded with people, jostling and pushing against the horse carriages – with the horses maneuvering through bicyclists, skate boarders, scooters, pedicabs – anything on wheels. It is a horse’s nature to be nervous – they are prey animals who can spook and bolt at the slightest provocation. Accidents also happen in Central Park <a href="http://carriagehorsesnyc.blogspot.com/2018/09/nyc-carriage-horse-accidents-harsh.html">as evidenced by this list</a> – one in 2020 resulted in the horse, Aisha, dying. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Carriage drivers are not city employees. NYC should not be expected to pick up the bill for a full time veterinarian as proposed, or for the renovation of the horse stables, which would be paid by tax payers. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">The proposal by the <a href="https://compassionatetourism.org/">Committee for Compassionate and Responsible Tourism</a> to replace horse carriages with electric horseless carriages was intended to bring the union and drivers into the equation with mutual respect as was done successfully in Guadalajara – something we witnessed on our factfinding trip there in 2019. We offered a job alternative to the drivers, instead of pushing for a total ban. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Consider that in the last two years, both Chicago and Montreal shut down their carriage businesses with no alternative offered to the drivers. <a href="https://www.praguemorning.cz/as-of-january-2023-prague-will-ban-cruel-horse-drawn-carriages/">Prague</a>, in the Czech Republic, is on schedule to do the same in 2023. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">But the union reps are tone deaf and said they were not interested. They said the carriage drivers are “horse people.” Like stubborn children they were not willing to give an inch. They disregarded the argument that the drivers will earn more money as has been proven in Guadalajara since they would no longer be restricted by weather regulations. According to NYC Department of Health texts for weather suspension, drivers have lost more than 360 hours so far this year. And they would not be encumbered by the expenses of keeping horses such as food, vet bills, and boarding. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Many of us have lost jobs during our careers – downsizing, business closing, etc. and have often had to recreate ourselves. No one propped us up and told our employers that they could not let us go. This tiny business should not be any different. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">If the TWU were really interested in protecting “blue collar jobs", they would transition to electric carriages since the drivers would earn more and they could expand union membership. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">It’s time to retire these poor, exploited, horses and stop putting them, caring New Yorkers, and tourists through the wringer every few months with a horrible new accident that hurts our psyche and the City’s image. There is no way to provide them with a humane environment in NYC in which to both work and live.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Perhaps the union should stick to what they know best – and it is not horse management. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">UPDATE: The city of Palma in Majorca is the latest city to transition from horse-drawn carriages to electric carriages for animal cruelty reasons. They will begin their pilot program in 2023. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><a href="https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2022/09/12/105757/mallorca-animal-welfare-palma-for-electric-carriage-pilot-scheme.html"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Palma chosen for electric carriage pilot scheme</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2022/09/12/105757/mallorca-animal-welfare-palma-for-electric-carriage-pilot-scheme.html"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Ten carriages are to be manufactured</span></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Elizabeth Forel – co-founder Committee for Compassionate & Responsible Tourism and President of The Coalition for NYC Animals / Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages</div><div style="text-align: left;">On Twitter @CompassionNYC.</div></div><div><div>=====================================================</div><div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/130-opinion/11524-ryder-ban-horse-carriages-nyc-electric-cars"><strong>Ryder's Collapse Must Be The Turning Point to Finally Fix the Horse Carriage Crisis</strong></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Gotham Gazette - August 17, 2022 | by Elizabeth Forel</div></div></div></div></div><div style="width: 560px;"><div style="width: 560px;"><div style="width: 560px;"><div style="text-align: center; width: 560px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">=====================================================</span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">See our recent newsletters </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="color: #001006;">This is a link to our 8/24/21 newsletter in which we published our recent op-ed in the NY Daily News. (we include both ours and one by the Transit Workers Union) </span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong><a href="https://app.robly.com/archive?id=dddd1e99e383380795c1f04f59bef164&v=true">https://app.robly.com/archive?id=dddd1e99e383380795c1f04f59bef164&v=true</a></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong>This is another link to our newsletter of 8/30/21 in which we publish many letters on both sides of the issue</strong></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong><a href="https://app.robly.com/archive?id=13fa96ccbb3b0ac282cefb91c6c71be6&v=true">https://app.robly.com/archive?id=13fa96ccbb3b0ac282cefb91c6c71be6&v=true</a></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong>9/16/21 -- More Letters </strong></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://app.robly.com/archive?id=096230c73133d8f3b1d80774ac2023b8&v=true"><strong>https://app.robly.com/archive?id=096230c73133d8f3b1d80774ac2023b8&v=true</strong></a></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong>9/24/21 - Not Again - another carriage horse accident</strong></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://app.robly.com/archive?id=c11dc985cabb73f0b80a966cc06413d8&v=true"><strong>https://app.robly.com/archive?id=c11dc985cabb73f0b80a966cc06413d8&v=true</strong></a></p></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div>Electric Horseless Carriage operating in Guadalajara, Mexico </div></div></div></div></div></div></td><td rbl-attribute="padding_right" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 20px;" valign="top" width="20px"> </td></tr><tr rbl-attribute="padding_bottom"><td align="center" colspan="3" height="20px" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 20px;" valign="top"><div style="font-size: 20px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="rbl_image" rbl-attribute="image" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 10px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" border="0" class="" height="325.6458333333333" src="https://d1a8dioxuajlzs.cloudfront.net/accounts/8769/original/3_IMG_5209.JPG?1620760583" style="background-image: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 325.646px; width: 580px;" width="580" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="rbl_divider" rbl-attribute="divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="" style="padding: 10px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><div class="divider_block" height="1" style="background-color: #888888; background-image: none; font-size: 1px; height: 1px;"><strong> </strong></div></td></tr></tbody></table><strong></strong><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" rbl-attribute="text" style="background-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr rbl-attribute="padding_top"><td align="center" colspan="3" height="20px" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 20px;" valign="top"><div style="font-size: 20px;"> </div></td></tr><tr><td rbl-attribute="padding_left" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 20px;" valign="top" width="20px"> </td><td class="" style="background-image: none; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; width: 560px;" valign="top"><div><div><strong>Henry Beston, a writer and naturalist, eloquently said this about animals in the Outermost House, </strong>published in 1928, </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>"<em>For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth."</em></strong></span></div></div><div><br /></div></td><td rbl-attribute="padding_right" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 20px;" valign="top" width="20px"> </td></tr><tr rbl-attribute="padding_bottom"><td align="center" colspan="3" height="20px" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 20px;" valign="top"><div style="font-size: 20px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="rbl_divider" rbl-attribute="divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><div class="divider_block" height="1" style="background-color: #888888; background-image: none; font-size: 1px; height: 1px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="rbl_divider" rbl-attribute="divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><div class="divider_block" height="1" style="background-color: #888888; background-image: none; font-size: 1px; height: 1px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="rbl_image" rbl-attribute="image" style="background-color: #eaeaea; background-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"><img border="0" class="" height="35" src="https://d2zhgehghqjuwb.cloudfront.net/accounts/8769/original/1440528692022-p4pcq3y7g9nc23xr-db5c302d5b941e61c765ec1b54b4ee4d.png" style="background-image: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 35px; width: 600px;" width="600" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" rbl-attribute="text" style="background-color: #eaeaea; background-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td rbl-attribute="padding_left" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 20px;" valign="top" width="20px"> </td><td class="" style="background-image: none; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; width: 560px;" valign="top"><br /><div align="left" style="line-height: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="line-height: 27px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>The Coalition for New York City Animals, Inc.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">P.O. Box 20247 | Park West Station | New York, NY 10025 | Coalition@banhdc.org</span></div></div></td><td rbl-attribute="padding_right" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 20px;" valign="top" width="20px"> </td></tr><tr rbl-attribute="padding_bottom"><td align="center" colspan="3" height="10px" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 10px;" valign="top"><div style="font-size: 10px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="" rbl-attribute="social_bar" style="background-color: #eaeaea; background-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><div style="text-align: center;"> <a class="chk-twitter-option" href="https://twitter.com/BanHDCarriages" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://img.robly.com/assets/editor/icons/twitter_color-764861b1b1c04bc199e8a0e48822136a.png" style="display: inline-block; padding: 0px 15px 10px;" /></a> <a class="chk-facebook-option" href="https://www.facebook.com/BanHDC?ref=hl&__req=g" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://img.robly.com/assets/editor/icons/facebook_color-55201d0747153804178499fe5f15c2cb.png" style="display: inline-block; padding: 0px 15px 10px;" /></a> <a class="chk-youtube-option" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BanHDCs?feature=g-high-u" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://img.robly.com/assets/editor/icons/youtube_color-d40255e26e6dd8301bf80490ae8118e2.png" style="display: inline-block; padding: 0px 15px 10px;" /></a> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-86216066815894046102022-09-10T08:34:00.000-04:002022-09-10T08:34:05.217-04:00<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPd5kbIg38Hruyrx6RYR_K9nXpfzD8Bf7kMEjbJQnHuU7qt0Q3EhQlQrok4GEEPHwn6h-EgWat8fwRJ6oMfMR1Cial0mWBGAuo8rAieFvrN8iuWl_2VMWG0ktBp0Lef3JPDg0AaMhbk-87scRj-RMJMapp3piajXgNuIBJ08v-DlWR25_P2xMX3NrS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPd5kbIg38Hruyrx6RYR_K9nXpfzD8Bf7kMEjbJQnHuU7qt0Q3EhQlQrok4GEEPHwn6h-EgWat8fwRJ6oMfMR1Cial0mWBGAuo8rAieFvrN8iuWl_2VMWG0ktBp0Lef3JPDg0AaMhbk-87scRj-RMJMapp3piajXgNuIBJ08v-DlWR25_P2xMX3NrS" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Retire Central Park Horses to a reputable sanctuary. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This will never be Central Park </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">CARRIAGE HORSE STABLES IN
CENTRAL PARK </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">ARE A BAD IDEA and A DIVERSION</span></b></p></blockquote><p> </p>
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again! </span></p>
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MSNBC’s </span><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/horse-collapse-reignites-push-to-ban-carriages-in-nyc-147590725896?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_mj&fbclid=IwAR1CNWoxt_0-fLcF2WDQBKVIv71VWasoyJop5_wCvqvB-m8Sg_7EQlWiYoA"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Morning
Joe</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> was airing a piece about the controversial
NYC carriage horse issue (9/1/22,) showing footage from horrendous accidents
over the years that continue to plague NYC, the Transit Workers Union
local 100 (TWU) </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/carriage-horse-drivers-union-proposes-industry-reforms"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">introduced
a new proposal</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> that once again suggested stables in
Central Park – a new boondoggle. All this after the </span><a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/23/beaten-malnourished-nyc-carriage-horse-retires-upstate/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">horrible
accident involving Ryder</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, an emaciated, seriously ill,
geriatric horse, who collapsed on the street with the owner beating him and
trying to pass him off as 14. It was an image that went around the world
– a black mark for NYC tourism. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In
2015, trying to appease everyone but ending up with no one, </span><a href="https://observer.com/2016/01/de-blasio-defends-plan-to-build-horse-carriage-stables-in-central-park/#:~:text=Mayor%20Bill%20de%20Blasio%20isn,will%20be%20worth%20the%20money.&text=Mayor%20Bill%20de%20Blasio%20said,will%20be%20worth%20the%20money."><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">former
Mayor de Blasio’s administration introduced a bill</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> that would put the horse stables in Central Park at a cost to the
City of $25 Million.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> The bill was
supported by the Teamsters, who then represented the horse owners – but opposed
by the </span><a href="https://nypost.com/2016/01/28/central-park-conservancy-doesnt-like-de-blasios-stables-proposal/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Central
Park Conservancy. </span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> The bill ultimately
failed. Good government groups were poised to sue the city, which would
have kept this issue in the courts for years. Horse stables in Central
Park are simply not a viable idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Do the
union and carriage owners really expect to pull the proverbial wool over our
eyes by thinking they will cram 180 horses into the existing 86</span><sup><span style="color: black; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">th</span></sup><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> street stables? Or do they
expect to expand the structure, taking over more of the people’s
park? </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/html/mancb2/downloads/pdf/alienationbrochure.pdf"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Park
land belongs to the people</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> – not a private industry such as the
NYC carriage horse business. This reapportioning of very desirable land
in Central Park - would have to go through the legal process of alienation working
its way through the state legislature and ultimately the City Council. It
most likely would not pass. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The TWU
proposal claims the new stables will be “state of the art”. Translated, it
means that those 180 horses would require access to pasture – at one acre per
horse for a first-class facility. This would not include the space
required for the actual stalls and support functions within the structure
itself. NYC carriage horse stalls are legally allowed to be 60 sq. ft. –
half the size of what is recommended by equine experts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Factoring all of that in, this “state of the
art” stable could take up one quarter of Central Park – all for a private
for-profit business. It is fantastical thinking and a diversion. New
Yorkers will not stand for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Although
the TWU suggests what resembles a petting zoo for people, grazing land would
have to be kept pristine, blocked off from the public, guarded 24-7, and not
doused with garbage, chemical fertilizer or weed killers. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Overgrazing on too small a plot can easily turn the paddock into
a mudhole. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">As an
alternative, without adequate and thoughtful grazing space, the horses would be
kept in their “legal” 60 sq. ft. stalls - </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">looking
out with sadness at grass that is inaccessible to them</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Relegating
carriage horses to Central Park is no panacea just because it is off the busy
Manhattan streets. The park can get very crowded with people, jostling
and pushing against the horse carriages – with the horses maneuvering through
bicyclists, skate boarders, scooters, pedicabs – anything on wheels. It
is a horse’s nature to be nervous – they are prey animals who can spook and
bolt at the slightest provocation. Accidents also happen in Central Park
as evidenced </span><a href="http://carriagehorsesnyc.blogspot.com/2018/09/nyc-carriage-horse-accidents-harsh.html"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">by
this list</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> – one in 2020 resulted in the horse,
Aisha, dying. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Carriage
drivers are not city employees. NYC should not be expected to pick up the
bill for a full time veterinarian as proposed, or for the renovation of the
horse stables, which would be paid by tax payers. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
proposal by the </span><a href="https://compassionatetourism.org/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Committee
for Compassionate and Responsible Tourism</span></a><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to replace horse carriages
with electric horseless carriages was intended to bring the union and drivers into
the equation with mutual respect as was done successfully in Guadalajara –
something we witnessed on our factfinding trip there in 2019. We offered
a job alternative to the drivers, instead of pushing for a total ban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consider that in the last two years, both
Chicago and Montreal shut down their carriage businesses with no alternative
offered to the drivers. </span><a href="https://www.praguemorning.cz/as-of-january-2023-prague-will-ban-cruel-horse-drawn-carriages/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Prague,</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> in the Czech Republic, is on schedule to do the same in
2023. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">But the
union reps are tone deaf and said they were not interested. They said the
carriage drivers are “horse people.” Like stubborn children they were not
willing to give an inch. They disregarded the argument that the drivers
will earn more money as has been proven in Guadalajara since they would no
longer be restricted by weather regulations. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to NYC Department of Health texts
for weather suspension, drivers have lost more than 360 hours so far this year.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they would not be encumbered by the
expenses of keeping horses such as food, vet bills, and boarding. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Many of
us have lost jobs during our careers – downsizing, business closing, etc.
and have often had to recreate ourselves. No one propped us up and told
our employers that they could not let us go. This tiny business should
not be any different. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">If the
TWU were really interested in protecting “blue collar jobs’, they would
transition to electric carriages since the drivers would earn more and they
could expand union membership. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">It’s
time to retire these poor, exploited, horses and stop putting them, caring New
Yorkers, and tourists through the wringer every few months with a horrible new
accident that hurts our psyche and the City’s image. There is no way to
provide them with a humane environment in NYC in which to both work and live. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Perhaps
the union should stick to what they know best – and it is not horse
management. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Elizabeth
Forel – co-founder Committee for Compassionate & Responsible Tourism and
President Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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This was a tragic accident that occurred on January 2, 2006. Spotty, a 5-year old gelding was heading back to West Side Livery stable when he spooked at something. Terrified, he bolted into traffic, crashing into a station wagon and wrapping himself over the top. His leg was broken and he lost his life that fateful night. The industry should have been shut down - but it wasn't. This horrific accident was the impetus for us to begin a campaign to ban horse-drawn carriages in NYC. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE ACCIDENTS - THE HARSH TRUTH</b></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Updated November 2022</b></span><br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left;">This list of accidents in NYC has been updated as of August 2022, reflecting 115 REPORTED accidents that have occurred since 1982. We believe many more have occurred since drivers are not required to make a report. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>FACT:</b></span> There is no requirement in the law for carriage horse drivers to report carriage accidents. If the NYPD is involved, it is up to them whether or not they file a report. Considering these obstacles, it is surprising the list below is so extensive. </div>
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<b>HORSE ARE PRODUCTS:</b> In this city, horses are considered PRODUCT to be discarded when they are no longer useful. We have been waiting for years for the City Council and the Mayor - whomever he or she may be - to do the right thing. </div>
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<b>WORST OFFENDER:</b> The NY Daily News has been the worst offender in spreading lies about this issue, but other media outlets went along. On August 16, 2012, in an article entitled <i>"Carriage Horse Breaks Free Near Central Park,"</i> NBC quoted carriage driver, Christina Hansen,<i> <span style="color: blue;">"we've really had only a handful of accidents." </span></i> This is not true as evidenced by the list below, which is a lot more than a "handful." The trade also likes to claim that <i>"<span style="color: blue;">only 3 horses have died in traffic accidents in 30 years."</span> </i>This is deceitful and a lie of omission<b> </b> because it does not include all the many horses who have died from dropping dead on the street like Charlie; spooking and running into a tree like Smoothie; or Clancy who died in the stable from unknown causes. <b> We can account for <span style="color: red;">27 carriage horse deaths in 33 years</span> - and those are just the ones we know. </b></div>
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<b>ACCIDENTS</b>: Of the 115 documented incidents/accidents, 40 have occurred in the last ten years. These are the ones that have been documented. It is very difficult to document horse-drawn carriage accidents, because there is no requirement to report them, and there have been many hit-and-runs by carriages drivers. Increased awareness of animal welfare and the ubiquity of recording devices have enabled us to know of more accidents now, but it is reasonable to believe that many were never reported. </div>
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The Daily News reported in 2006 (before their anti-deBlasio campaign) that according to "City records," carriage drivers' inexperience with horses, incompetence, and negligence were the leading causes of carriage accidents. Horses are prey animals and have evolved to spook. It is their nature, however trained. An experienced, competent, and conscientious horse handler has a much better chance of forestalling a spook, bringing the horse out of a spook, or minimizing its consequences. Nevertheless, horses are massive, strong, but nervous animals who can spook at the slightest provocation, becoming unwitting weapons and can injure or kill themselves or passersby. New York City has one of the highest horse-drawn carriage accident rates in the country. </div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">LIST OF ALL KNOWN DOCUMENTED HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1982</span><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Followed by a Summary of the 23 Work-Related Horse Deaths.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">115) </span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">November 18</span><b style="text-align: left;">, 2022 - </b><span style="text-align: left;">a horse carriage was hit by an SUV on 58th St. near Ninth Ave. Paddy, the carriage horse, spooked, tore lose from the carriage and bolted - running down 58th St. to Columbus Circle where he was stopped. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">(Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0R-QU3f1zo5GGdfcUHiBdPkqm3mA4FmW2LB7TgtOns948rRLQY7HkENVskL9vODvd2aqrs53u3mSgMmCh2VFgKpbNBW3qjGCKCxO33JmlTUDOmpzxjVjq_1GWhurXVdTKqssKMGjAkmjQCQPggkxzFpbdTutOVHJqOCi4EXyiEPu-y4a079oOgG2/s1366/2022-11-18%20Paddy%20carriage%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0R-QU3f1zo5GGdfcUHiBdPkqm3mA4FmW2LB7TgtOns948rRLQY7HkENVskL9vODvd2aqrs53u3mSgMmCh2VFgKpbNBW3qjGCKCxO33JmlTUDOmpzxjVjq_1GWhurXVdTKqssKMGjAkmjQCQPggkxzFpbdTutOVHJqOCi4EXyiEPu-y4a079oOgG2/w424-h238/2022-11-18%20Paddy%20carriage%201.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpvD1FRq_cQKMv42OW1Z9LeMlKC1T4K2LkZfqIkdD3pQrV11oUqeqLqZMzDk6BU7QwisVNFy79amR5PGgmYNVuKj1iubsZXP-2EbfXqvj1yVP7sQS8Nwvurhpq7uopY0sBhSmUh1vl9XXudDnLirh8gVB6XB6Rburbx8xMh9rEqGzwVf270jXw0If/s1366/2022-11-18%20Paddy%20carriage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpvD1FRq_cQKMv42OW1Z9LeMlKC1T4K2LkZfqIkdD3pQrV11oUqeqLqZMzDk6BU7QwisVNFy79amR5PGgmYNVuKj1iubsZXP-2EbfXqvj1yVP7sQS8Nwvurhpq7uopY0sBhSmUh1vl9XXudDnLirh8gVB6XB6Rburbx8xMh9rEqGzwVf270jXw0If/w398-h224/2022-11-18%20Paddy%20carriage.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br /></div>
<div><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">114) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">August 11</span><b>, 2022 - </b>an emaciated sick 14 year old horse named Ryder collapsed on the street at 45th St. and Ninth on his way back to the stable. He was down for about one hour and had to be hosed down by the NYPD mounted unit. <span style="font-family: arial;">(Stables & Elsewhere)</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyFtUflimjbXsu8SS-MyPOF6VZ_bRk9rRgJj0ubCAhprTQDdBY-HH0GeisqGr8rZ5OLPZ7fWPiYYWKqm_w45f3H9QYY4WCLUwHr87Z4_9ch5mD6Pk-607Qm3Br17t_o0U1qOdpH2vYDm8QRft1aE-NBowx105j9Mk8Y4csnncm4lzvICtFJo4MLP9/s960/8cfbe0e598507e9d1733f8f1fbe7b18a.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyFtUflimjbXsu8SS-MyPOF6VZ_bRk9rRgJj0ubCAhprTQDdBY-HH0GeisqGr8rZ5OLPZ7fWPiYYWKqm_w45f3H9QYY4WCLUwHr87Z4_9ch5mD6Pk-607Qm3Br17t_o0U1qOdpH2vYDm8QRft1aE-NBowx105j9Mk8Y4csnncm4lzvICtFJo4MLP9/s320/8cfbe0e598507e9d1733f8f1fbe7b18a.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRRjCjZKOEOriiwAIPAZNjoaVaiYykzQQD8dcqDsluVYr7rnamhOtgtmkauDjbw7MPF5XgjxvMgoaWmveT9u063v9HMKDeOp_7GeE-0w3qM7mKcLQ-UgDxb4CFEIIr8veaVfvKuAaANbidh4pBpEZGoVNcn4vbe8JXYNPy8NoGPn53T0U-m6b2j4Q/s3000/nyc-horse-collapse-046.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRRjCjZKOEOriiwAIPAZNjoaVaiYykzQQD8dcqDsluVYr7rnamhOtgtmkauDjbw7MPF5XgjxvMgoaWmveT9u063v9HMKDeOp_7GeE-0w3qM7mKcLQ-UgDxb4CFEIIr8veaVfvKuAaANbidh4pBpEZGoVNcn4vbe8JXYNPy8NoGPn53T0U-m6b2j4Q/s320/nyc-horse-collapse-046.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">113) </span><b style="text-align: left;">July 20, 2022 - </b><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">BILLY DIES </span></b><span style="text-align: left;">During a heatwave, a horse named Billy died in his stall presumably from colic, a mostly treatable condition</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">(Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">112) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 15, 2022 -</span><span> a carriage horse named Freddy, spooked while in Central Park and bolted onto Fifth Ave. and 60th St still attached to his carriage., narrowly missing cars. Crashing into parked cars, he had a bloody gash on his leg. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">(Central Park & Environs)</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-weight: bold;">111) </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold;">May 16, 2022</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-weight: bold;"> - </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent;">Luciana collapses in Central Park for an hour before she got up. Details are not known. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">(Central Park & Environs)</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcxJLmvt8tRLAsRMYxnS1SvREy0X84DurVwVBRP-84Awv3biB7TUHyDMX4bd4aZI-rkK7sbT5msO4gIN6efOlgeJWe_gpHD5ZfdZ1rmoj2w9akWh6Usy9GvXFGID6df8XAkCWQtgIN5BW8wXNWEI9-aBwNoQhgHFda07PJox9l2iOJ4gPtuwvFJrh/s824/screen-shot-2022-05-23-at-8-48-41-am-824x800.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="824" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcxJLmvt8tRLAsRMYxnS1SvREy0X84DurVwVBRP-84Awv3biB7TUHyDMX4bd4aZI-rkK7sbT5msO4gIN6efOlgeJWe_gpHD5ZfdZ1rmoj2w9akWh6Usy9GvXFGID6df8XAkCWQtgIN5BW8wXNWEI9-aBwNoQhgHFda07PJox9l2iOJ4gPtuwvFJrh/s320/screen-shot-2022-05-23-at-8-48-41-am-824x800.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
<b><span style="color: red;">110)</span> </b> <b>September 23, 2021</b> - a horse named Chief, spooked, bolted and crashed into a car and fell at the intersection of W. 55th St. and Eighth Ave. He suffered cuts to his mid-section, head and front leg. <span style="font-family: arial;">(Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginFg6lPm4abODHqHKUQpdNrmlqJN2j2DmQp_qPpIp_cJIKoilDgdMcPPlPLxxADdo6MToyMwWpTzbzKVK_796Lp_O0-VL92omV0yT1ADA_K_ouw0NZLvDosJxoyusccDTjdI4d70Fdm6nJDF0tlkmgAs7N6BnrY4cr_DS0JLedHJferAK3HcS-Rkf/s489/th.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="489" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginFg6lPm4abODHqHKUQpdNrmlqJN2j2DmQp_qPpIp_cJIKoilDgdMcPPlPLxxADdo6MToyMwWpTzbzKVK_796Lp_O0-VL92omV0yT1ADA_K_ouw0NZLvDosJxoyusccDTjdI4d70Fdm6nJDF0tlkmgAs7N6BnrY4cr_DS0JLedHJferAK3HcS-Rkf/s320/th.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="color: red;"> <b>109) </b></span><span><b>July 5, 2021</b>: A man
punched and kicked three horses who were
waiting to take on passengers in Central
Park. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(Central Park & Environs)</span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>108) </b></span><span><b>February 29, 2020</b>:
A horse was euthanized after collapsing in
Central Park. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>107) </b></span><span><b>February 2020</b> According to news reports, a pedestrian
witnessed a carriage horse running loose
for several blocks before crashing into a poll
and collapsing. The horse had apparently
stepped on an electrical plate and the driver
lost control. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>106) </b></span><span><b>August 4, 2019</b> A
horse forced to pull a heavy carriage in New
York City collapsed near Central Park.
Horrified onlookers observed the animal
struggling on the ground, still attached to
the damaged carriage. Earlier that day, a
horse escaped from a stable in the city and
bolted into traffic before being recaptured.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>105) </b></span><span><b>December 11, 2018</b> - According to four tourists, the driver of the
carriage that they were in was asleep for
most of their 45-minute ride and wasn’t
holding the reins while he was supposed to
be guiding the horse through Central Park
and through traffic outside the park. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span><b><span style="color: red;">104) </span>October 2, 2018</b> A
horse fell while pulling a carriage near
Central Park.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(Central Park & Environs)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: red;">103)</span> February 4, 2018:</b> A horse pulling a carriage with three passengers took off running new NY's Central Park South after getting spooked by a pedestrian who was opening and closing an umbrella and screaming loudly. The animal crashed into two parked cars before the driver regained control. The passengers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. (Central Park & Environs)
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: red;">101)</span> May 30, 2017</b>: A 12-year-old horse named Goldie broke free from the carriage that she was pulling and went for a full gallop, cutting off cars and running through rush-hour traffic for 11 blocks. This happened on W. 54th St. and 12th Ave. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: red;">100)</span> May 15, 2017:</b> A horse named Billy got spooked by a horn while heading to Central Park . A surveillance video showed the animal back pedaling in the middle of the streed during rush hour, eventually crashing into a cab and laying in the street. This happened on 8th Ave. and W. 56th St.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">99)</span><b> October 14, 2016: </b>A pedicab carrying two passengers overturned inside Central Park after it hit a carriage. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: red;">98) </span> January 19, 2016</b>. Spartacus spooked during a carriage industry rally at a Midtown stable, sending bystanders running for cover. {1a} (Stables& Elsewhere) See Spartacus's previous spooking accident, April 23, 2014.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">97)</span> October 27, 2015. </b>19-year old carriage horse Stella's carriage, pulling passengers, collided with a taxi at 62nd St. & Broadway. {2a} (Central Park& Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">96)</span> August 13, 2015</b>. A teen on her bicycle and a horse-drawn carriage collided in Central Park. The 15 year-old tourist, visiting the park for her birthday with her mother, was treated for minor injuries. {3a} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b> <span style="color: red;">95)</span>April 15, 2015</b>. Older veteran carriage horse Fury spooked, broke free, escaped from Chateau Stables, and galloped down West 48th Street without a driver. Chateau Stables, 608 W. 48th St. between 11th & 12th Aves. {43} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">94)</span> February 13, 2015</b>. <b><span style="color: red;">TICKLES DIES.</span></b> 18-year-old Tickles was discovered in his stall at Clinton Park Stables with a fractured leg, cause unknown, and was euthanized in his stall. No investigation was held. Clinton Park Stables, 618 W. 52nd Street, between 11th & 12th Aves. {44} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">93) </span>October 19, 2014.</b> Carriage horse Barney broke free and escaped, running for blocks against traffic in Hell's Kitchen, pursued by police cars. Hell's Kitchen. {45} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">92) </span>June 10, 2014. </b>Pumpkin spooked at the 59th St. hack line, ran wildly through Central Park and several streets, pulling his empty carriage before heading back to Central Park South and smashing into an open taxicab door. Pumpkin was retired to farm work. Central Park. {1} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">91) </span>April 23, 2014. </b>Spartacus was spooked by a bus and fell, pinned to the ground by his overturned carriage. When raised up, Spartacus was limping. Central Park South, just west of 5th Avenue, across from the Plaza Hotel. {2} (Central Park & Environs) (Spartacus spooked again, January 19, 2016, sending bystanders running for cover.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span style="color: red;">90)</span> December 20, 2013</b>. Carriage driver Saverio Colarusso arrested for animal cruelty for forcing carriage horse Blondie to work for four days while visibly injured, in pain, and struggling to pull the carriage. Colarusso had been previously charged with drinking on duty, driving at unauthorized times, and other violations. Central Park. {3} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">89) </span>September 26, 2013.</b> Carriage horse Chris spooked at Columbus Circle; his carriage swung, smashed into a car, and overturned onto the horse, trapping Chris under the damaged carriage. The carriage driver Frank Luo had been charged the previous day for violations of regulations. Columbus Circle. {4} (Central Park & Environs)</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZoqV9AqBAb7qLIj3ASYFBgnTtKo5q6p4joe2NqxTIejOA-g5JIRgpD3iwj7iE5JNNvFb4__z5y3tphiFrOHQzmJ6Z3felXqtn6dYEVVy34JLo3yMCPI0ZXqFWs45-g6VI8OvPkpcD2Vo4zVWZZYT783dUvlYU7qWnElz-JqOEQsiT9oo1l6oN_kY/s400/1-chris.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="400" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZoqV9AqBAb7qLIj3ASYFBgnTtKo5q6p4joe2NqxTIejOA-g5JIRgpD3iwj7iE5JNNvFb4__z5y3tphiFrOHQzmJ6Z3felXqtn6dYEVVy34JLo3yMCPI0ZXqFWs45-g6VI8OvPkpcD2Vo4zVWZZYT783dUvlYU7qWnElz-JqOEQsiT9oo1l6oN_kY/s320/1-chris.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">88)</span> September 14, 2013.</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> A cab rear-ended a horse-drawn carriage when it stopped suddenly. W. 48th St. & 10th Ave. {85} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">
<span style="color: red;"><b>87</b></span><b><span style="color: red;">)</span> August 15, 2013. </b>A horse-drawn carriage hit a parked car damaging the car, and left the scene without reporting it. 210 Central Park South. {86} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">86)</span> June 14, 2013</b>. A horse-drawn carriage hit and damaged a bike, and fled. W. 72nd St. & Central Park West. {87} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">85)</span> June 5, 2013.</b> A horse spooked and bolted into traffic after one of the carriage shafts broke. He tried to free himself and his leg was cut badly. 40th St. & 11th Ave. {46} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">84)</span> March 23, 2013. </b>A horse pulling a carriage from Central Park spooked and reared up coming out of the park road. Central Park. {5} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">83)</span> February 7, 2013</b>. A horse and carriage struck a woman's vehicle and left the scene. 210 Central Park South, 7th Avenue--Broadway. {79} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">82) </span>January 4, 2013. </b> An exhausted-looking horse pulling carriage #1075, in the cold at the end of the busy holiday season, collapsed coming out of the park, after the driver dropped off his passengers, near 5th Avenue onto 59th St. {6} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">81)</span> December 8, 2012.</b> A horse pulling carriage #1066 with six people got stuck between cars on 6th Avenue at 51st/52nd Street. The horse spooked, bolted, and ran two blocks. The driver jumped off. Passengers screamed for help, and a running bystander was able to pull a young boy from the carriage. The horse tried to run over some cars, but stopped when he couldn't get beyond cars stopped for a light. 6th Ave. at 51st/52nd. {47} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">80)</span> December 3, 2012</b>. A white Audi car was struck by a horse-drawn carriage that left the scene. NE corner 8th Ave. & W. 56th St. {80} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">79)</span> November 12, 2012. </b>7-year-old carriage horse Henry, carrying a driver and three passengers, stumbled and fell near Tavern on the Green in Central Park, hurting his leg. In Central Park at W. 67th St. {7} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">78)</span> November 10, 2012</b>. As a passenger was exiting a taxi by the rear door, a horse-drawn carriage struck the door, causing damage to the vehicle. The carriage driver fled the scene (hit and run). NE corner of 5th Ave. & and E. 47th St. {81} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">77)</span> October 2, 2012. </b> A carriage horse spooked and bolted on 11th Avenue in the West 40's. {48} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">76)</span> September 20, 2012.</b> A horse spooked on 11th Avenue and 49th Street, slightly injuring himself. The carriage was damaged. 11th Ave. &a 49th St. {49} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">75)</span> August 16, 2012. </b>Oreo spooked and bolted with passengers, four injured. With the park and Columbus Circle jammed with people, Oreo spooked due to noise on the hack line at Central Park South, throwing his driver, who landed in the street, his leg bleeding. Oreo bolted with passengers in the carriage, charging in terror, colliding with a double-parked BMW at 60th and Broadway, where his two passengers were thrown from the carriage and injured, and then hitting another car and shedding the remains of the wrecked carriage, he ran free to 57th St. and 9th Avenue, where Oreo collapsed, tranquilized by police. In addition to the driver (hospitalized at Bellevue with 26 stitches) and two passengers (taken to hospital, one in a neck brace, strapped to a board), a police officer pursuing Oreo was also hurt and treated at Roosevelt Hospital. Oreo was pulled from the industry and adopted by a member of the public. Spooked from Central Park to Columbus Circle to 57th St. & 9th Ave. {8} and {8b} and p. 650. (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeHwLTVaRjh946GspK0t6mZ7bznZ4pJL8Uw90lkKTZG03Z54THuq09I3uaegMlntYixh8eVUYuwtSG607mDuCzExIGLmNhFUfzSqX1xQZ1n9IF7wdAyjKkHNFqNzUxTcGm9dFSwonE3mG_31zCqesxJP9JTWcI3W_FrHCRqUU_tAuceRmZPguZHO2/s400/1-oreo-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="400" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeHwLTVaRjh946GspK0t6mZ7bznZ4pJL8Uw90lkKTZG03Z54THuq09I3uaegMlntYixh8eVUYuwtSG607mDuCzExIGLmNhFUfzSqX1xQZ1n9IF7wdAyjKkHNFqNzUxTcGm9dFSwonE3mG_31zCqesxJP9JTWcI3W_FrHCRqUU_tAuceRmZPguZHO2/s320/1-oreo-6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">74)</span> June 19, 2012. </b>A horse-drawn carriage hit a car and broke the back window. The carriage fled the scene. SW corner Broadway & Columbus Circle. {88} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">73) </span>June 15, 2012</b>. An accident involving a motor vehicle and a horse-drawn carriage took place. The carriage driver refused information and fled the scene. NW corner 7th Ave. & W. 55th Street. {89} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">72)</span><b> June 7, 2012. </b>12-year-old mare Doreen sustained a bleeding gash to her face when an SUV hit her carriage and a motorcycle, and she was smacked by the SUV, her head cracking the windshield. The police reported a 24 year old man "fell off a horse, bleeding from the knee." Columbus Circle. {9} and p. 650. (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">71)</span> March 3, 2012</b>. A horse, returning to the stable, spooked on 11th Avenue and 52nd Street, and bolted into congested traffic, dragging his empty, overturned carriage into the street in tow. The horse finally fell to the ground outside The Daily Show studio on 11th Avenue, south of 52nd Street. The horse appeared to be shaking and frightened. 11th Ave. & 52nd St. {50} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">70)</span><b> February 14, 2012. </b>A carriage horse injured his leg on Valentine's Day, one of the times when carriage horses are worked the hardest. Central Park. {10} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"> </span><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">69)</span> December 4, 2011</b>. Flash, pulling a carriage with three adults and a child, collapsed on the street at the start of the holiday season. Grand Army Plaza at 59th St. & 5th Ave. {11} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">68)</span> November 4, 2011</b>. Carriage horse Luke fell to the ground while pulling a carriage during rush hour. 60th St. & Broadway. {12} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">67) </span>October 28, 2011</b>. A horse unattended on the hack line on Central Park South near Columbus Circle spooked and bolted at top speed into traffic, made a U-turn, ran back into the park at 7th Avenue, skid, hit the curb, flipped with the carriage, falling to his side, got up, ran into the park again, crashed again into the curb, and stood, still tangled and trapped in the harness of his overturned, wrecked empty carriage at West & Center Drive. The horse is no longer in the industry. Central Park. {13} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">66)</span> October 23, 2011</b>. <b><span style="color: red;">CHARLIE DIES</span></b>. Magnificent Percheron Charlie collapsed and died in the street en route to work, on West 54th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues. Charlie was found to be suffering from a gastric ulcer. Lack of turn out to pasture and lack of forage, and the natural and full life that goes with it, combined with stress, can quickly bring on gastric ulcers in horses. W. 54th between 8th & 9th Aves. {51} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqa1KHleeOWCDipODL4--kW6iiWXowHAYnrsKDk6nc-q92sfwD8uVtgYwXn_vmL9paiW8S-9_inPc-0J2GzVskDktYlDO3wV_889NPUGliWxbWs7oaae3BPMy9NfJr27gt_np9I12D56sxbkJmpQeTqvLcNzQwoYoNaGYtIhygMjtarsRiTWqLhE8/s400/1-charlie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="400" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqa1KHleeOWCDipODL4--kW6iiWXowHAYnrsKDk6nc-q92sfwD8uVtgYwXn_vmL9paiW8S-9_inPc-0J2GzVskDktYlDO3wV_889NPUGliWxbWs7oaae3BPMy9NfJr27gt_np9I12D56sxbkJmpQeTqvLcNzQwoYoNaGYtIhygMjtarsRiTWqLhE8/s320/1-charlie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">65)</span> October 4, 2011</b>. A horse-drawn carriage struck a moving vehicle causing damage, and fled the scene. NW corner 8th Ave. & W. 58th St. {90} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">64)</span> End of July, 2011. </b>A horse spooked and fell while pulling tourists in Central Park. Frightened, the passengers jumped out of the carriage. The driver made the horse go back to work. Central Park. {14} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">63)</span> July 25, 2011</b>. A taxi rear-ended a horse-drawn carriage on Central Park South, throwing a woman passenger onto the sidewalk bleeding, and the carriage knocked the horse to the street, overturning on top of the horse, who later managed to get back on his feet, with bleeding cuts. The three passengers and the driver were injured, the driver in critical condition with a bleeding head injury. Central Park South. {15} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">62)</span> July 16, 2011</b>. A carriage horse spooked and bolted, galloping out of control from Grand Army Plaza & 5th Avenue up Central Park South to 7th Avenue, hitting a taxi and a car on the way. Grand Army Plaza to Central Park South & 7th Ave. {16} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">61)</span> June 16, 2011</b>. A horse-drawn carriage struck a truck, causing damage to the side of the truck, and fled the scene. SE corner 11th Ave. & W. 56th St. {91} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">60)</span> May 12, 2011</b>. A horse-drawn carriage struck a delivery man riding his bike, causing the man to fall off the bike, hurting his ankle and breaking the bike. NE corner W. 54th St. & 11th Ave. {82} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">59)</span> November 3, 2010</b>. A bus grazed a carriage horse on 7th Avenue near 54th Street at 5:30 p.m., rush hour, when carriages are prohibited in the area. A witness stated the horse "was spooked and evidently frightened out of his or her wits." 7th Ave. near 54th St. {52} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">58)</span> May 11, 2010. </b>A carriage horse collided with a taxi in Central Park. {17} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">57)</span> May 1, 2010.</b> A horse pulling a carriage spooked and ran into oncoming traffic, sideswiping cars, at Central Park South and Columbus Circle. {18} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">56)</span> April 15, 2010.</b> A horse-drawn carriage sideswiped a moving car and left the scene. NW corner Broadway & Central Park South. {92} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">55)</span> April 1, 2010</b>. A man was unloading packages from his parked vehicle, when a horse-drawn carriage struck the vehicle, causing damage, and left the scene. Ninth Ave. & W. 58th St. {93} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">54)</span> March 30, 2010.</b> A horse-drawn carriage hit the right side of a moving car causing damage to side mirror, and left the scene. NE corner 8th Ave. & W. 53rd St. {94} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">53)</span> January 5, 2010. </b> A horse-carriage collided with a vehicle, throwing the carriage driver who lay unmoving on the ground, with EMS en route. The spooked and panicked carriage horse broke free, ran toward 59th Street, colliding with at least two parked cabs, kicking, and possibly injuring or even breaking a leg. W. 60th St. & Columbus Avenue. {83} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">52)</span> November 23, 2009.</b> A 6-year-old child fell out of a horse-drawn carriage in which his family was riding, and was run over by the wheel, resulting in stomach, chest, and head injuries; the child was rushed to New York Presbyterian Hospital. 63rd St. & Center Drive. {84} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">51)</span> October 21, 2009</b>. A horse-drawn carriage hit a moving car and fled the scene. SW corner Avenue of the Americas & Central Park South. {95} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">50)</span> September 19, 2009.</b> A taxi turning into Grand Army Plaza plowed into a parked carriage, which had just dropped off passengers, at 60th Street and 5th Avenue, knocking it over and smashing it, and then crashed into the stone wall surrounding the park. Blackie the horse, free of the totaled carriage, bolted for a couple of blocks. The carriage driver appeared "seriously injured," and both drivers were hospitalized. 60th St. & 5th Ave. at Grand Army Plaza, Central Park. {19} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">49)</span> September, 2009.</b> <b><span style="color: red;">HORSE DIES</span>.</b> A carriage horse caught his foot on a parking meter and had to be euthanized. (Source: Then New York Governor David Paterson, December 15, 2009) {53} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">48)</span> February 7, 2008</b>. <b><span style="color: red;">CLANCY DIES.</span></b> Clancy, an eight-year-old Percheron, was found dead at the Clinton Park stables at 618 W. 52nd Street. Clancy reportedly had not worked since February 2 and was being treated by a licensed veterinarian. When the ASPCA (then responsible for monitoring carriage horse welfare) requested Clancy's veterinary records, to determine whether neglect or abuse were a factor, for the first time the Department of Health refused them, and told them to FOIL the records. (Freedom of Information Law.) As Clancy was a young horse, it is speculated that his cause of death may have been colic caused by poor diet and overwork; but Clancy's cause of death remains unknown. Stables, 11th Ave. near 52nd St. {54} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">47)</span> September 14, 2007. <span style="color: red;">SMOOTHIE DIES</span>. </b>12-year-old mare Smoothie was spooked on the hack line when a performer from a break-dance troupe walked by the horses beating a small drum. Smoothie reared up, ran onto the sidewalk and between two trees about 2 feet apart--she could pass, but her carriage couldn't, and as she tried to lunge forward in panic, she collapsed and died on the sidewalk. Her panic caused a second horse, also attached to a carriage, to dart into traffic and leap on the hood of a Mercedes-Benz with passengers inside. 50 Central Park South between 5th & 6th Aves. {20} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-RcbkhBoLZjCVC1oI55PFZV-sGWhXgGCHqis70Ly3_dBL2JnQf-su80_vZ_tcD774G3UJUiL36_sKG0B6BDjkJ1c5depCS31_7HE-FsQJy-C5ohnlMQT5Y28VpwiHuXsJU_rZb6pK64xpZibsh55Q0aif5QLHl_fzKsWLqO4Eu8Fz17QsgExAUfW/s400/1-smoothie-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-RcbkhBoLZjCVC1oI55PFZV-sGWhXgGCHqis70Ly3_dBL2JnQf-su80_vZ_tcD774G3UJUiL36_sKG0B6BDjkJ1c5depCS31_7HE-FsQJy-C5ohnlMQT5Y28VpwiHuXsJU_rZb6pK64xpZibsh55Q0aif5QLHl_fzKsWLqO4Eu8Fz17QsgExAUfW/s320/1-smoothie-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">46)</span> July 4, 2007. </b>12-year-old carriage horse Bud spooked on Central Park South and collided with a taxi, suffering several gashes on his rear legs. The taxi driver was treated for injuries at New York Hospital, and his cab suffered significant damage. A motorcyclist's bike was hit with the carriage and trampled, as the biker tried to leap out of the way. Central Park South. {21} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">45)</span> June 2, 2007</b>. A spooked young horse harnessed to a carriage, with the driver running behind, galloped into traffic, and was hit by an SUV at 54th Street and 7th Avenue, knocking loose the carriage onto the sidewalk, barely missing pedestrians. The horse fell to the pavement, but later rose, dazed and limping. 54th St. & 7th Ave. {55} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">44)</span> April 13, 2007. </b> A taxi crashed into a carriage while the horse was working. The horse was walked back to the stable. Central Park South at Grand Army Plaza. {22} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">43)</span><b> September 15, 2006. <span style="color: red;">JULIET DIES.</span> </b>Juliet collapsed in Central Park. Her driver began to beat her with a whip on his veterinarian's orders, he said, believing she had colic, to try to get her to stand and walk to rid herself of gas and toxins. But she could not stand; Juliet rose and collapsed several times. She was trailered to the stable and died there hours later, reportedly from rhabdomyolysis or "Tying up disease." Juliet was a lovely Percharon/American draft cross in her 20's, who had been pulling carriages for at least 17 years. Central Park. {23} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">42)</span> May 5, 2006</b>. A spooked horse pulling a carriage from Shamrock Stable ran through the street narrowly missing several cars before colliding with and overturning a moving car, which was badly damaged. The horse tumbled, then staggered back up, and witnesses observed a gash on the horse's neck. The driver of the car was hospitalized with wounded hands. W. 46th St. & 11th Ave. {56} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">41)</span> April 28, 2006. </b>A young carriage horse on a training run spooked and ran wild in Central Park crashing into a 71-year-old bicyclist who was seriously injured and suffered a dislocated leg. The driver of the empty carriage had lost control of the horse and leapt from the carriage injuring his knee. The horse had jumped off East Drive and galloped near 67th St. before continuing west to collide with the bicyclist at 64th St. & Central Drive. The bicyclist and carriage driver were both hospitalized. 64th St. & Central Drive. {24} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">40)</span> January 2, 2006.</b> <b><span style="color: red;">SPOTTY DIES</span></b>. 5-year-old gelding Spotty, in the carriage business only a few months, returning to Westside Stables, spooked in traffic near the Lincoln Tunnel and bolted down 9th Avenue. He collided with a station wagon at 50th Street, and was pinned underneath for half an hour, head on the ground, legs on the roof. Spotty suffered a broken leg. He was terrified and resistant as he was led away, bucking and kicking, very afraid, and he was euthanized that day. His driver, who had only eight months experience with horses, was thrown from the cab and hospitalized in a coma, critically injured with a fractured skull. The station wagon passengers suffered minor injuries. 50th St. & 9th Ave. {57} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">39)</span> May 13, 2005</b>. Two horses from Chateau Stables galloped through the streets after their carriage was rear-ended by a van. The carriage flipped over and freed them around 14th Street and 8th Avenue; the carriage driver was thrown and landed on his head. Police later caught the horses. 14th St. & 8th Ave. {58} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">38)</span> October 24, 2003. </b>Two horses spooked, tipping their carriages, and four people were injured. At 5th Avenue and 61st Street, a carriage horse startled and reared up, tipping the carriage and dumping two female tourists and the driver. Another driver came to help, and his horse also spooked and tipped that carriage in turn, hurting a female passenger. The three passengers and first driver were taken to hospital for treatment. 5th Ave. & 61st St. {25} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">37) </span>January 22, 2002</b>. A horse pulling a carriage spooked and bolted at 10th Avenue and 56th Street. His carriage got wedged between two cars, and he was so unnerved that he needed to be tranquilized. It took several people to free him. A few cars were damaged. 10th Ave. & 56th St. {59} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">36)</span> November 26, 2001. </b> A taxi cab collided with a horse-drawn carriage in the southern end of Central Park, startling the horse and injuring the carriage driver. Central Park. {26} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">35)</span> November 9, 2000.</b> A horse broke free of the carriage, bolted, and collided with a car while galloping down the street. The horse tripped and fell to the ground, injuring a leg. Chelsea. {60} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">34)</span> November 2, 2000. </b>A horse broke free from her carriage at Columbus Circle and hit at least one car as she galloped to Broadway, stopping morning traffic as people watched in horror. The horse went about half-a-block before the harness broke, entangling the horse and tripping her. The horse fell and slid down the street. Columbus Circle/Broadway. {27} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">33)</span> September 5, 2000. </b>A runaway carriage horse broke free from his driver at W. 59th Street and Central Park South, and ran headlong through the streets of Manhattan. Police moved pedestrians and drivers out of the horse's path until they blocked his escape at W. 72nd Street and Central Park West. Central Park. {28} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">32)</span> August 27, 2000. </b>Turning a narrow corner in Central Park, the shaft dug into the horse's side, panicking the horse, who tried to run, slamming the carriage over on its side and injuring a vacationing British family of four in a "harrowing tumble." The horse then took off through the park heading straight for a hot dog vendor who had to jump out of the way. The tourists were strapped to backboards and taken to hospital for minor injuries. "We're animal lovers, so we were delighted that the horse wasn't hurt," said the Mum. "But we're not having any more of those rides." Just inside Central Park at Central Park South/Avenue of the Americas entrance. {29} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">31)</span> April 27, 2000.</b> A carriage horse, Rocky, broke loose from his midtown stable. Narrowly missing being hit by a bus, he turned onto Tenth Avenue, creating havoc as drivers slammed on their brakes to avoid hitting him. Rocky headed for a traffic agent who had her back to him. "If I had stood there for another second, he would have killed me," she said. Rocky was eventually corralled by Craig Rivera, brother of Geraldo, cutting him off in his Volvo. Tenth Avenue. {61} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">30)</span> August 5, 1999</b>. A runaway horse and carriage struck a car, jumped the sidewalk, and knocked down a 70-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman at 9th Avenue and 51st Street. The woman was pinned under the horse's rear hoof and was treated for minor injuries. The man needed a hip replacement because of the fall. 9th Ave. & 51st St. {62} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">29)</span> July 1, 1999</b>. A horse spooked and the carriage struck two parked cars before the horse galloped into another car. Chelsea. {63} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">28)</span> June 28, 1999. </b> A hit-and-run driver smacked into a horse-drawn carriage at Central Park West and 69th Street, throwing the carriage driver onto the street and shattering her jawbone, and sending her spooked horse galloping north on Central Park West. "The gelding's wild run ended when he bolted into the southbound lane and was hit by an oncoming car." Miraculously, neither horse nor car driver was injured. The carriage driver went to hospital. Central Park West. {30} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">27)</span> June 21, 1999.</b> A carriage horse was startled and threw his driver on Central Park West and 57th Street. A second carriage driver tried to stop the runaway horse but failed, sustaining minor injuries. The horse got stuck between a parked car and a yellow cab, which hit the horse. The yellow cab driver was injured and hospitalized with head and neck injuries. The horse's condition is unknown. Central Park West & 57th Street. {31} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">26)</span> January 8</b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">, 1999.</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">JACKIE DIES</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;">. Only 7-years-old, gentle dapple-grey Jackie collapsed and died, electrocuted, when she stepped on a steel Con Edison service box on East 59th Street between Park and Madison Avenues. The wet weather, a short circuit, and her metal horse shoes caused her death. The driver suffered minor injuries. E. 59th between Madison and Park Aves. {32} (Central Park & Environs) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">
<i><b><span style="color: red;">25)</span> April 29, 1998.</b> <b><span style="color: red;">HORSE DIES</span>.</b> </i>A horse broke his halter, ran into a busy street, and was killed by an oncoming car. The driver of the car was treated for back injuries. Location unknown. {64} (Location unknown)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">24)</span> January 13, 1998</b>. A runaway horse, Nicky, pulling a carriage sent scores of Times Square strollers fleeing for their lives. Two passengers jumped from the careening carriage seconds before it flipped into a light pole and broke apart at 7th Avenue and 42nd Street; the passengers were taken to hospital. Nicky was headed toward a hotel entrance when the carriage flipped. Times Square. {65} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">23)</span> November 23, 1997. </b>A runaway horse pulling a carriage bolted at Broadway and Central Park South, banged into a Ford and bounded onto the sidewalk at Avenue of the Americas and Central Park South, running over a tourist who was knocked to the ground and dragged a few feet. She was hospitalized. The carriage driver took off with the horse, who was in shock, but the driver was later issued a summons by police for leaving the scene. Central Park South. {33} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">22)</span> September 4, 1997<i>. </i></b><i> </i>Horses pulling two carriages were spooked by a passing car. An elderly woman was seriously injured and eight other people hurt. Location Unknown. {66} (Location Unknown)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">21)</span> May 1, 1997</b>. <b><span style="color: red;">HORSE DIES</span>.</b> A horse pulling a carriage on 49th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues tripped, then died as he struggled to get up. 49th St. between 7th & 8th Aves. {67} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">20)</span> September 2, 1996. <span style="color: red;">HORSE DIES</span>. </b>A 10 to 12-year old horse pulling a carriage collapsed on the street and died in front of the Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park, then known as the Hotel St. Moritz, at 50 Central Park South, on the east side of 6th Avenue. Ritz-Carlton, 50 Central Park South. {34} (Central Park & Environs<b>)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b>
<i><b><span style="color: red;">19)</span> May 6, 1994.</b> <b><span style="color: red;">HORSE DIES</span>.</b> </i>Another horse collapsed and died. Diagnosis indicated tying up syndrome, an extreme cramping of the rear legs, indicating poor horse management (poor feeding routines, lack of water, inadequate medical attention and stabling practices). Location Unknown. {68} (Location Unknown) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">18)</span> April 21, 1994. <span style="color: red;"> HORSE DIES</span>. </b>A horse had to be euthanized after collapsing in Central Park. Three observers thought the horse had been hit by a cab, but another said the cause was severe cramps from "tying-up syndrome" that can cause collapse of the rear legs, brought on by dehydration and poor dietary management. Central Park. {35} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">17)</span> August 26, 1991. <span style="color: red;">NICKELS DIES</span>. </b> Nickels was euthanized by a veterinarian near the entrance to the Central Park Zoo, after developing crippling leg pain, due to "tying-up syndrome," caused by poor horse management (poor feeding routines, lack of water, inadequate medical attention and stabling practices). Near Central Park Zoo. {36} (Central Park & Environs)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">16) </span>August 12, 1991 (approximately). <span style="color: red;"> HORSE DIES</span>. </b>Owned by the same owner as Nickels, newspapers reported that this horse died two weeks before Nickels, also in Central Park. While Newsweek speculated that colic may have caused both deaths, tying-up syndrome fits Nickels' symptoms more closely, and so may have caused the death of this horse also. Central Park. {37} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">15) </span>May 15, 1990</b>. <span style="color: red;"><b>TONY DIES</b>.</span> Tony, pulling a carriage, was repeatedly hit by a bus; locked in traffic, he could not escape. The driver of the carriage behind Tony deposed: "The bus started to overtake them...weaved in and out of the right lane, got too close and struck the horse's head with its right side...The bus continued to move as the horse continued to get struck and finally went down, losing [his] footing in the asphalt, until [he] spooked, screamed and fell to [his] death under the bus." She added that the bus appeared to be "playing" with the carriage. 10th Avenue. {69} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">14)</span> May 1990.</b> An accident involving an unattended horse at Grand Army Plaza resulted in four wrecked yellow cabs and a hospitalized cab driver. Grand Army Plaza and beyond. {40} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<i><b><span style="color: red;">13)</span> May, 1990.</b> A</i> horse panicked and spooked, due to faulty harnessing, ending in a wild police chase to stop the horse. Location unknown. {39} (Location Unknown)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">12)</span> August 15, 1988</b>. <b>WHITEY collapsed </b>of heat stroke and dehydration in 90 degree heat at 62nd Street and 2nd Avenue in "hot, steamy weather." 8-year-old light-grey gelding Whitey from Shamrock Stables struggled to rise for more than two hours on NYC's 200 + degree pavement, and following on Misty's death (see below), Whitey's struggle was telecast around the world, provoking outrage. (The law still permits carriage horses to work in 90 degree heat, without regard to humidity.) Whitey was given IV saline solution, hosed with cool water for two hours, given painkillers, and later bathed in mayonnaise to rid his body of tar picked up lying in the street. With the world watching, the ASPCA ruled that Whitey rest for a month at a bucolic New Jersey farm--but then he was brought back to work in the city. Again, following on Misty's death, people were outraged. A Daily News editorial read, "If torturing an animal on Fifth Avenue is a tourist attraction, the tourists must be Ostrogoths, Visigoths, and Huns." But the Mayor--Mayor Koch--only proposed putting hats on horses to prevent heat stroke. 62nd St. & 2nd Ave. {71} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">11) </span>August 7, 1988<span style="color: red;">. </span><span style="color: red;">MISTY DIES</span>.</b> A week before Whitey's collapse, 6-year-old mare Misty collapsed and died of heat stroke, heat exhaustion, and dehydration from heat and high humidity. Then, as now, there was no humidity limit for when the carriage horses could work. The West Side near 12th Avenue. {70} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;"><i>1</i>0) </span>May 23, 1988.</b> A horse pulling a carriage fell into a manhole. Location Unknown. {72} (Location Unknown)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">9)</span> November 9, 1986</b>. Frightened by a passing car, a horse took off down the street, crashing into a building. Location Unknown. {73} (Location Unknown)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">8)</span> December 9, 1985.</b> <b><span style="color: red;">CHESTER DIES</span>.</b> Chester spooked--either his carriage was sideswiped, or a carriage behind them was hit by a speeding car. Chester bolted down the block and collided with a limousine at Rockefeller Center, landing on the hood, smashing the windshield. Chester fell beneath the car, broke his leg, and was euthanized. Chester belonged to Chateau Stables on W. 48th, where he "had a quiet disposition that you can train. We used him to train other horses." Four elderly female tourists--retired schoolteachers from Boston--were thrown out of the carriage and injured. They all returned home in wheelchairs and slings, one woman going blind in one eye due to severe head trauma. There was no compensation to be had for medical costs, which they couldn't afford. Rockefeller Center. {74} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">7</span>) December 9, 1985</b>. [A different incident on same date.] Another carriage horse broke loose from her handler at 48th Street and Broadway and galloped toward her stable before being corralled by police at 12th Avenue and 48th Street. 48th St., Broadway to 12th Avenue. {75} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">6)</span> December, 1983</b>. (Exact date unknown). <b><span style="color: red;">DENNIS DIES.</span></b> Dennis died at Westside Livery Stables of overwork and poor nutrition at the holiday season. “One former driver resigned due to the abuse she witnessed during the holiday season, when drivers up the ante…Her horse Dennis had been overworked to the point where his legs were wobbly. But the owner [of the stable], oblivious to the horse’s condition, insisted he keep working, without a rest break, during a nine-hour day. When they finally returned to the stables, the horse was shivering and frothing at the mouth. But the driver was told to report promptly the next morning at 8 A.M., to take the same horse out again, or she would lose her carriage. Days after she quit, she learned her horse had died. ‘Horses are fed only oats, the cheapest we can find,’ she attested. No fresh fruit or vegetables are offered to the carriage horses unless individual drivers bring their own. Horses are herbivores and need variation in their diets or they can develop colic (acute spasms and abdominal pain) which can lead to death.” Westside Livery Stables, 538 W. 38th St., between 10th & 11th Avenues. {38a} (Stables & Elsewhere)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">5)</span> December 31, 1982. </b>A carriage horse frightened by New Year's Eve fireworks charged into a "tidal wave" of densely packed runners at the 10th annual Road Runners Midnight Run on Central Park's West Drive, injuring 13 people in the screaming melee (including broken bones and at least one concussion) and knocking down dozens of others, still others trampling and tripping over the fallen. The injured were rushed to hospitals. The horse was finally stopped unhurt in the middle of West Drive at 70th Street. West Drive, Central Park. {41} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: red;">4)</span> August 4, 1982. <span style="color: red;">MAGGIO DIES</span>. </b>12-year old bay gelding collapsed and died at the Central Park South park entrance. <br />{4a} (Central Park & Environs)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">3)</span> July 18, 1982. <span style="color: red;">HORSE DIES</span></b>. A carriage horse collapsed and died in the street while working, due to heat and humidity. Indeed, on this terrible day, three carriage horses died from the heat and humidity in the streets of New York. The high that day was 98 degrees. Location Unknown. {76} (Location Unknown)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" class="placeholder" height="20" id="9011f3d9bbbb6" src="https://www.blogger.com/img/transparent.gif" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; background-image: url('https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/i/materialiconsextended/insert_photo/v6/grey600-24dp/1x/baseline_insert_photo_grey600_24dp.png'); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; opacity: 0.6;" width="27" /></div><br /><b><span style="color: red;">2) </span>July 18, 1982. <span style="color: red;">HORSE DIES</span>.</b> A second carriage horse collapsed and died in the streets while working, due to extreme heat and humidity on the same terrible day. Location Unknown. {77} (Location Unknown)<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="color: red;">1)</span> July 18, 1982. <span style="color: red;">HORSE DIES</span>.</b> This is the third of the carriage horses who tragically died in the streets, while working, of high heat and humidity, on July 18, 1982. Location Unknown. {78} (Location Unknown)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">SUMMARY OF THE 24 CARRIAGE HORSE DEATHS IN NEW YORK CITY (included in the list above)</span></b><br />
<b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Billy, </b>July 20, 2022 <b>- </b>during a heat wave, found dead in his stall, presumably from colic</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tickles</b>, February 13, 2015. Euthanized when mysteriously discovered in stall with fractured leg.<br />
<b>Charlie, </b>October 23, 2011. Collapsed and died, found to have had gastric ulcers and cracked tooth. Gastric ulcers are principally caused by inadequate pasture and stress.<br />
Unnamed Horse, September, 2009. Caught his foot in a parking meter and had to be euthanized.<br />
<b>Clancy,</b> February 7, 2008. Clancy, an eight-year-old, male Draft Percheron, was found dead at the Clinton Park stables on 11th Avenue near 52nd Street at approximately 10 p.m. on Thursday, February 7, according to stable personnel. The horse reportedly had not worked since the previous Saturday, February 2, and was being treated by a licensed veterinarian. When ASPCA agents requested the horse's records from the department of Health, administration officials in an unprecedented manner refused to provide the information and for the first time directed ASPCA agents to file a FOIL request.<br />
<b>Smoothie,</b> September 14, 2007. Spooking accident on the Central Park hack line; Smoothie was spooked by a small drum.<br />
<b>Juliet,</b> September 15, 2006. Juliet, still working into her 20's, after 17 years pulling carriages, collapsed in central Park, possibly of colic, on September 14; she couldn't rise, and was brought back to the stable, where she died the morning of September 15, 2006.<br />
Spotty, January 4, 2006. Spooking accident, collided with a station wagon; euthanized for broken leg.<br />
<b>Jackie, </b>January 8, 1999. Only 7-years-old, Jackie collapsed and died, electrocuted, when she stepped on a steel Con Edison service box cover on E. 59th Street. The wet weather, a short circuit, and her metal horse shoes caused her death.<br />
<b>Unnamed Horse</b>, April 29, 1998. The horse broke his halter, ran into a busy street, and was killed by an oncoming car.<br />
<b>Unnamed Horse</b>, May 1, 1997. Pulling a carriage, the horse tripped, and died while struggling to get up, on 49th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.<br />
<b>Unnamed Horse</b>, May 6, 1994. The horse collapsed and died; diagnosis indicated poor stable management, believed to be "tying-up syndrome" (extreme cramping of rear legs, which can cause collapse, leading to death).<br />
<b>Unnamed Horse</b>, April 21, 1994. The horse was euthanized when dietary error led to severe cramps and collapse in Central Park. Tying-up syndrome was suspected.<br />
<b>Unnamed Horse,</b> September 2, 1991. The horse collapsed and died outside Hotel St. Moritz (now Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park).<br />
Unnamed Horse, around August 12, 1991. This horse was owned by the same owner as Nickels. Newspapers reported he died two weeks before Nickels; Newsweek speculated colic may have caused both deaths.<br />
<b>Nickels,</b> August 26, 1991. Nickels was euthanized for crippling leg pain in Central Park.<br />
<b>Tony,</b> May 15, 1990. Tony was trapped in traffic, repeatedly hit by a bus. "The approaching bus was obscured by his blinders until it was upon him."<br />
<b>Misty</b>, August 7, 1988. Misty, a 6-year-old mare, collapsed and died of heat exhaustion, working in hot, humid heat. (Temperature 91 degrees, but very humid.)<br />
<b>Chester,</b> December 9, 1985. Sideswiped in traffic, Chester spooked, bolted down the block, and jumped onto the hood of a car, smashing the windshield, at Rockefeller Center. Chester fell beneath the car, broke his leg, and was euthanized. He was owned by Chateau Stables on W. 48th Street, where it was said that he "had a quiet disposition that you can train. We used him to train other horses." Four elderly passengers spilled from the carriage and were seriously injured.<br />
<b>Dennis</b>, December, 1983 (exact date unknown). Dennis died of overwork and inadequate nutrition during the holiday season.<br />
<b>Maggio</b>, August 4, 1982. Maggio, a 12-year-old bay gelding, collapsed and died at Central Park South.<br />
<b>3 Unnamed Horses,</b> July 18, 1982. On July 18, 1982, three carriage horses collapsed and died in New York streets while working, due to heat and humidity; the high that day was 98 degrees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>WE THINK SO. They are a boondoggle -- all based on lies. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>and, NO, the horses are not working "just in the park." </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Photos and video taken on April 14, 2019 (all below) </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>LET THERE BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING</b>. The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages supports shutting down the horse-drawn carriage industry -- we do not support regulations because they do not work. We started the campaign in 2006 and we never wavered. There is no need for this frivolous, dangerous and abusive trade. Further, with the extensive development on the far west side of midtown Manhattan, home to the last three stables, it is only a matter of time before the ones on W. 37th and W. 38th St. sell. So what happens then -- with no future planning? Stable owners retire; horses are sent to the auctions; drivers are left jobless. If any of those affected are reading this - you know who you are. And you know what alternatives have been proposed and used elsewhere. Enough said. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There has been an ongoing movement for many years to shut down the horse-drawn carriage industry in NYC, with good reason. Besides the obvious concerns about the horses' welfare, it is a public safety issue. There has been no law enforcement since January 2014 when the ASPCA gave up their Humane Law Enforcement division. The carriage drivers have been getting away with violations since there is no one to enforce the laws. They continue to make illegal U-turns; text and talk on their phones while driving in traffic; leave their horses unattended and untethered; overload their carriages and go through red lights. But none of this seems to concern politicians as they turn a blind eye. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br />NEW HACK LINES</b>: Several months ago, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mayor deBlasio proposed that the hack line on Central Park South be moved to just inside Central Park. The first proposal was for five locations, which eventually was reduced to three. He was able to do this as an executive order because of the way the Administrative Code is written - leaving the location of the hack lines up to the commissioner, which ultimately means the Mayor. NYClass had made large donations to Bill deBlasio's mayoral campaign and expected something in return. This was one of the few issues that did not have to go before the City Council. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NYClass and several other animal welfare organizations praised this action and celebrated when it finally happened in March - claiming victory -- that the horses would no longer be in traffic and they would be in the quiet cool "tree-lined" park with shade. Their supporters believed what they said and cheered along with them. But what were they cheering about? This was not a victory -- it was an illusion - like the emperor's new clothes, designed to deceive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Department of Transportation offered a period of public commenting and held a hearing on this issue. Our organization was opposed to the new hack lines because it would not make much of a difference, possibly make things worse, and besides, we believe in putting our energy into a ban. But I did point out that none of the hack lines were in the shade; some of them were on an incline, which is bad for a horse's legs; and the drivers would still be on the street making their loops. Further, more accidents occur within Central Park and on the streets used by the drivers than on the hack line. <b><a href="http://carriagehorsesnyc.blogspot.com/2018/09/nyc-carriage-horse-accidents-harsh.html" target="_blank"> Since 1982, we have recorded 103 accidents.</a></b> (drivers are not required to report accidents.) 19 of those have been at or near the hack line; 14 happened in Central Park; the balance of 70 happened on the streets in different areas. The accidents included horses spooking, collapsing, crashing into buses and cars; dead horses. This works out to be 81.5% of all recorded accidents occurring away from the hack line - inside Central Park and around the city. Only 18.5% occurred at or near the CPS hack line. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No one listened - it was a sham comment period and hearing. The fix was already in. I later learned that the Mayor's office did not even consult with or listen to their Dept. of Health equine vet who was opposed to the 7th Avenue hack line because it was on an incline. Really shameful. To exacerbate this issue, the carriage drivers used this as an excuse in a<b><a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/nyc-horse.pdf" target="_blank"> recent court document: </a></b> <i>"will result in extra strain on the horses, resulting in repetitive-use injuries and arthritis, and ultimately shortening the working life of the horses that use this stand." </i><b>YET the drivers are still using this new hack line and putting those horses at risk. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>WE VISITED THE THREE HACK LINES ON SUNDAY, APRIL 14TH AND </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b></b><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> -- The hack lines are inside the park, located near Fifth Avenue, Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue. They are visible from the street regardless of what the drivers claimed. Besides, they have hired the most aggressive people to hawk their rides. .It is impossible to walk down Central Park South without being confronted by these men trying to sell you a ride. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> -- <b>WORKING ON THE STREET -- STILL:</b> Carriages are still working in congested street traffic outside Central Park on Fifth Avenue, Central Park South and Central Park West. This is how they complete their loop with passengers. <b><i>The comments about them working only in the park are not true. </i></b> Although I said this many times, it was ignored. The groups who were behind this just wanted a win and donations. They also claimed that they never heard that inclines were harmful to a horse's legs, suggesting that it must be a lie -- further proof that those behind these new rules knew little to nothing about a horse's needs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> --<b>IN TRAFFIC TO AND FROM STABLES AND LATER IN DAY TO TIMES SQUARE</b>: The carriages have always had to travel to and from their stables on the far west side of Manhattan, generally traveling up 10th Avenue, around Columbus Circle, onto Central Park South and then making U-turns to access their respective hack line. Returning to their stable takes them back to Central Park South, around Columbus Circle and down 9th or 11th Avenue. Nothing has changed. Columbus Circle is a particularly dangerous intersection and the site of several carriage horse accidents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - <b>SHADE? HARDLY</b>. There are trees nearby the new hack lines - after all, it is Central Park - but none are close enough to provide any shade -- just as we said. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> -- <b>The Fifth Avenue hack line</b> is the most orderly and near an existing water trough. Part of one of their loops consists of leaving the hack line, driving along the eastern part of the park and turning onto Central Park South. (the old hack line) - Some continue west toward Columbus Circle. Others go into the park at the 6th Avenue hack line, adding to the chaos. The area is defined by new stanchions - shown below. They are not meant to tether a horse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> -- <b>The Sixth Avenue hack line,</b> although near a water trough, is chaotic. There is not enough room for the carriages to line up with others passing by to complete their loops. It is a mess and an accident waiting to happen. Park Security is there - but to keep the pedicabs out of the park at that location. They have no knowledge of what the carriages are supposed to be doing or not doing. I asked them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> -- <b>The Seventh Avenue hack line</b> is a mockery. It is on an incline and the only way the drivers can prevent strain to the horse is to put a block on the back carriage wheel, which prevents the carriage from rolling backward. This site was obviously proposed by someone in the administration who does not understand what horses need. There is also no water trough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> -- The southern part of Central Park is very congested and filled with bicyclers, pedicabs, skate boarders, skaters, people walking, Park vehicles. It does not have to be cars to make a horse nervous. We observed a horse carriage going west on Central Park South where there was only one parked vehicle -- a hot dog vendor. As the horse drew close, he began to get nervous and spooky. Fortunately, his driver was able to control him but just goes to prove that we often do not know what kinds of things bother a horse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - to add insult to injury, there is a new Citi bike area just outside the park where the hack line used to be. NYC has a contract with Citi bike. People rent bikes and go into the park generally at 6th Avenue. Note to the Administration and Dept. of Transportation: Midtown Manhattan does not need more bicycles. There are too many as it is with no regulations creating a dangerous free for all. Please pay attention to the chaos that is better known as the southern part of Central Park. It is not an amusement park. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> -- the carriages are still on the street around the park, mixing in with traffic. The only difference is that they cannot pick up passengers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">PLEASE NOTE: </strong> We are not taking issue with the carriage industry on this matter. The only thing that changed for them is that the hack lines were relocated to three different sites. There was never any directive about them working only in the park. For them, it is business as usual. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We do, however, take issue with NYClass and any other animal organization that duped their supporters into believing the horses were out of harm's way and in the "tree lined" park. You can see clearly that they are not … and then celebrating this as a victory. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-44786271076693728582017-04-09T08:08:00.000-04:002017-04-09T08:10:32.059-04:00THE UNWANTED HORSE COALITION & THE CARRIAGE TRADE ... WAIT. WHAT!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">the Horse Carriage Trade</span> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Livestock News recently reported that Palmetto Carriage Works in Charleston, South Carolina, and the Retired Racehorse Project have both joined the Unwanted Horse Coalition. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.tsln.com/news/retired-racehorse-project-and-palmetto-carriage-works-join-the-unwanted-horse-coalition/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: red;">Retired Racehorse Project, Palmetto Carriage Works Join Unwanted Horse Coalition.</span></b></a></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is a very curious development indeed since the Unwanted Horse Coalition <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">supports </span>horse slaughter so it is not surprising that a livestock publication would break the news. We wonder about this new alliance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Palmetto is one of the carriage companies that works <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">out of </span>hot and humid Charleston and uses wagons with one horse pulling 17 people. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Carriage horse companies want the public to believe they love their horses and treat them like family members. Revealing where the horses <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">end up </span> when no longer wanted is not something that is made public. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <b>NYC: </b> In NYC, <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/what-happens-to-nyc-carriage-horses-when-theyre-retired/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>between 60 and 70 horses turn over (leave the business) in a year. </b></span></span> </a></span>My 7 1/2 year study<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, </span>published in 2013<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, </span> documents this. Because <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">horses </span>are privately owned, there is no paper trail available to the public to track where <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">went. </span></span> We do not know if a horse was retired to a nice home; sold to another business; or ended up at a kill auction where he was purchased by a kill buyer to fulfill his quota<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> for the <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">slaughter houses. </span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The latter is exactly what happened to Bobby II Freedom in 2010. A NYC carriage horse at the time, he was deemed too old by his owner and brought to the New Holland livestock auction where he was purchased by a kill buyer. Hoping to get more money than the "by the pound" rate offered by the slaughter houses, the dealer put Bobby up for adoption for a few days. Luckily I found him on Friday, June 25th the day before he was scheduled to return to the kill pen. Bobby is currently living a wonderful life at Equine Advocates Sanctuary where he is much loved. The NY Times <a href="https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/for-a-former-carriage-horse-a-grassy-sanctuary/comment-page-4/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: red;">wrote about his rescue. </span> </b></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> </b><br />This was a great embarrassment to the industry and we never again learned of another carriage horse horse ending up at the auctions. They became more careful. The horses were still moved out when no longer able to work, but the way it was done was more surreptitious. We suspect that owners do not take their horses directly to auction but instead launder them through Amish farmers who may work the horse for several months before bringing him to auction for sale. This way, their participation at the auctions is minimal. We also believe that the 4-digit engraved hoof number that allowed us to identify Bobby is sanded down so it is not identifiable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>UNWANTED HORSE COALITION:</b> We wonder why this Charleston carriage horse company felt the need to join up with an organization that defends and advocates for horse slaughter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Unwanted Horse Coalition is part of the <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.animalwelfarecouncil.org/?page_id=540" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: red;">Animal Welfare Counci</span>l</b></a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">, </span>an<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>intentionally misleading name. This article from their web site is very telling in their position about horse slaughter and animal rights activists. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.animalwelfarecouncil.org/?page_id=540" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>Back Door Route to Blocking Processing of Horses in the U.S. </b></span><b><br /></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please read it thoroughly. It is very revealing and informative but it is also full of lies - such as <i>"</i><i>There is nothing that makes horses different than any other livestock animal." </i>This is fundamentally false since horses are not raised for human consumption and are often treated with a myriad of drugs, many of them known carcinogens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The "back door route" referred to in the title of this piece was put into place by Vice President Joe Biden in 2014 at the urging of anti-horse slaughter activists because they knew it was virtually impossible to get Congress - with all their special interests - to pass a ban on horse slaughter. There was great concern that profitable horse slaughter plants would once again open in the US. This initiative removed funding for horse meat inspectors, thus accomplishing the same goal -- no horse slaughter plants. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But look at what the Animal Welfare Council says about this:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><i>The United States slaughters and exports beef, pork, and chicken, all of
which are killed humanely under regulated inspection, but [consuming]
horse meat—which is consumed by the majority of world cultures including
our closest neighbors in Canada, Iceland, Mexico, and South America;
which appears on the menus of the finest restaurants in Europe; and
which is purveyed in grocery stores right alongside the other meats all
over Asia and Polynesia—would be a felony for Americans. Horse meat was
widely consumed in the United States and Britain until the late 1940s….</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While we oppose the consumption of all animals and do not think one deserves more compassion than the other, it must be pointed out that horses are shot full of drugs that are very harmful to humans, and unlike cows, chickens and pigs are not specifically raised for human consumption. Besides, slaughter of these "food" animals is bad enough -- why make it worse by adding another animal to the mix. Where do we stop? Are cats and dogs next? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please sign up for e-mail alerts from both the Equine Welfare Alliance and Equine Advocates on <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">horse welfare issues. </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is a recent press release issued by the Equine Welfare Alliance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://nebula.wsimg.com/0bf5eee842384822ac06c8fe012b3adf?AccessKeyId=DAED3B28133304149D62&disposition=0&alloworigin=1" target="_blank"><b>"House Leadership Renews Push to Reinstate Horse Slaughter in the US"</b> </a>-</span> dated March 8, 2017. <b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.equineadvocates.org/the-issues/horse-slaughter/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">EQUINE ADVOCATES<span style="color: black;"> </span></span></b></span></a></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About chemicals in horse meat...</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="https://www.equineadvocates.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Food_and_Chemical_Toxicology_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the Food and Toxicology Journal -- a public health risk - Ann Marini </span></i></a></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickeryeckhoff/2013/01/29/five-reasons-why-tescos-horse-meat-scandal-could-happen-here/2/#56cc0432b875" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Horse meat scandal - Vickery Eckhoff </b></span></a></span></span><br />
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informed about this issue and be ready to take action. </span><br />
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attributed to Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Propaganda Minister in Nazi
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exactly what happened with the defeat of the campaign to ban the inhumane and
archaic horse-drawn carriage trade in NYC, something that any caring, civilized
people would have done long ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It is unmanageable and an ongoing embarrassment to the city. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Those who
wanted to defeat the horse-drawn carriage ban included the self-serving Teamsters and
other unions, carriage owners and drivers, many politicians – and the media – mostly
the NY Daily News – all with their own reasons – but getting behind the real
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Loss of Good Union Jobs:</b> </span> The main lie
was that the shuttering of this trade would cause a loss of “good union
jobs.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That claim was not only not questioned by many Council Members but was used to make their case to people who believe
everything they read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> They wanted union support when they came up for reelection. Truth be damned. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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lie was that the real estate developers were lusting over the stable land so
they could make lots of money putting up luxury apartment buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Both of
these lies resonated with people – job loss and unfairness by the real estate
industry – David and Goliath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But to
those of us who know the truth it just confirmed that too many people believe
what they read and hear and do not exercise critical thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other lies did not quite catch on as well but
served as the cake icing to support the big lies – the number of horses who have
died while working in the trade; horses would go to slaughter; the age of the industry to make it appear
iconic; exaggerated size of stalls; horse vacations;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>industry regulated by several city agencies
with pages and pages of regulations; highly exaggerated financial contribution
to the economy; safety being a non-issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Start with one lie – and if it catches on and the chumps buy it, then the sky’s the limit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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the NY Daily News for perpetuating lie after lie to ensure that the carriage
industry remains in NYC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has now been
ten months since the failure of the ill-conceived bill that foolishly proposed building
stables in Central Park but it seems that this phony issue is still rearing its
ugly head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Back on the Scene: </b></span> Now re-enter head of the
Transport Workers Union, John Samuelsen. In an October 23, 2016 op-ed piece in the NY
Daily News he gratuitously attacked Mayor deBlasio whose administration once again turned the other cheek and did not fight back. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/union-boss-rips-mayor-de-blasio-ignoring-organized-labor-article-1.2842198" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><b>“Transport union boss rips Mayor deBlasio for
ignoring everyday New Yorkers, warns labor leaders to rethink supporting him in
next election.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><o:p></o:p></a></div>
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did a good deed last January when he came to the defense of the pedicab drivers
who were being shafted by the City via the proposed legislation – but they
never unionized so one wonders if this ploy was just to get attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He obviously has his own ax to grind with
the mayor – and I say – have at it – but not on the backs of the horses please,
promoting lies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Does </span>Mr. Samuelson have so little respect for his supporters that he will lie to make a point? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">“Real estate interests</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">,</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> meanwhile, for years have been
<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">drooling over the West
Side properties</span> where the popular horse carriage drivers stable their
beloved animals. Giving tourists rides through Central Park is a <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">pretty good union job. It has
allowed many men and women to put food on the table, and put their children
through college.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">What did de Blasio
do? He repeatedly tried to prohibit carriage rides in the city and <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">wipe out hundreds of jobs.</span>
<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">That would have set the
stage for real estate barons to finally buy the properties and put up more skyscrapers
that 99% of New Yorkers can't even afford.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;">In
seeking the ban, the mayor claimed he was concerned about the horses' health
and welfare. Another crock. He never even bothered to actually visit the
stables<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">. And as the New
York Daily News reported, independent experts said horses are "healthy,
happy and well cared for."</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;">As
one veterinarian said in The News: "These horses are being treated with
pride and compassion, often by their individual owners/drivers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It never was about the horses. It was about Bill
and his campaign donors and proxy attack dogs in the real-estate industry. The
mayor clearly sided with the ultra-rich real estate industry (aka his campaign
donors) over the trade union movement and all workers.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Whoa:</b></span> This has been very successful propaganda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Babes in the woods, de Blasio and his
administration did not stand a chance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>De Blasio was never adequately prepared about
the carriage horse issue and either would or could not challenge the lies
coming from the unions, Council Members and the media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He did not even know the language of the
original bill, talking about the electric cars in a question and answer event
in the Mid West.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He, like most
Democratic politicians, are beholden to the unions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Why:</b></span> Why was the NY Daily News out to get
him – obviously using this issue as a metaphor for something else. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Perhaps it was because they never wanted him to be Mayor. </span><br /><br />Unions, on the other hand, are losing membership throughout the country. By taking this
issue on, lying about the good union jobs – and winning – it was hoped to elevate their
status.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Construction Union Jobs:</b></span> The far west
side is part of massive new construction to </span><span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;">gentrify the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To even suggest that real estate developers
are drooling over the paltry stable property is embarrassing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are relatively small plots, which could bring the owners at least $10
million for each one if they decided to sell, which is their choice and not a land
grab as some has suggested. </span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: black;">Hudson Yards is the biggest development project
in the city since Rockefeller Center was built in the 1930s, translating into hundreds of union
jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New construction may well grow up
around the stables, leaving the stable owners with devalued property. </span><span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ultimate joke will be on them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="background: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="color: #333333;">The irony over this silly dishonest claim is that new construction
brings UNION JOBS.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">Mr. Samuelson and his
Teamster friends are being disingenuous. Unions have benefited greatly by the
growth of construction all over the city, but particularly Hudson Yards and the
adjacent areas.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">The </span><a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120826/LABOR_UNIONS/120829918/nearly-all-unions-climb-aboard-hudson-yards-labor-cost-deal" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><b>construction jobs in Hudson Yards</b></span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> has been a windfall for the unions.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Good Union Jobs for carriage drivers?</b></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of the approximately 244 carriage-driving
licenses, only about 120 drivers belong to the Teamster local.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without total participation, it is not a
“union shop” and there are no benefits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This means no medical, sick or vacation days – and certainly no 401ks to
save for retirement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So to even hint
that this is a good union job compared to what the MTA workers have is
insulting to all of us – not the least to loyal union members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
ploy was to bring down Mayor de Blasio and he was not astute enough to fight
back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also propped up the owners of
the 68 medallions, most of whom pay little in city income taxes because of
their extensive deductions in a cash only business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;">As for those “independent” experts who
claim the horses live a great life – name them please with all of their
affiliations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do know that the “study”
that showed how calm city horses are was paid for by the carriage trade and only tested on a handful of horses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> NOT a good union job. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>About unions: </b></span></span>I generally support unions – they helped
create the middle class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> But this is not about the value of unions - it is about the ethics and morality of lying to get your way, which must be indefensible in a civilized, democratic soci</span>ety. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The truth is that unions are in deep trouble all over the United
States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But lying to get attention will
not ultimately help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;">Yes, I have had the "audacity" to criticize the unions here - but please – no death threats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It has happened before. Vicious comments on the blog - anonymous or not - will be deleted and/or reported. You will not get your 15 minutes of fame on my dime. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: #fafafa;"><a href="http://carriagehorsesnyc.blogspot.com/2016/02/nyc-carriage-horse-accidents-harsh.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">This is a link </span></b></a><span style="color: #333333;">to the accident record
we have kept.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">It does not include the “accident’
that occurred on Labor Day weekend, pictured above, when a driver forced his horse to make a
turn and the horse collapsed.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-51928482479865117192016-02-02T18:25:00.000-05:002016-02-02T18:27:19.892-05:00Former Horse Carriage Owner Speaks out against Intro 573-B - the no-ban bill<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Former Horse Carriage Owner Speaks out</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>against Intro 573-B -- the NYC Council bill that sells out the horses</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2/1/16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">To Whom It May Concern /
NY City Council <br />
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As a horse owner and former carriage livery operator I have been very concerned
about the living and working conditions faced by the horses used in the NYC
street hack tourist carriage industry for several years now.<br />
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At first, I believed these horses were adequately cared for and given proper
care, just as my own horses were. But after looking into how the tourist
carriage industry operates in New York City, I realized that working and living
conditions for these horses were unacceptable.<br />
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As a person who has ridden, shown, driven and bred horses for a span of more
than 50 years, I can honestly say that I would not keep or work any of my
horses under the conditions <u>most</u> of the carriage horse owners
or drivers in NYC apparently believe are satisfactory.<br />
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I also do not support Mayor Bill deBlasio's proposed compromise as being in the
best interests of these horses either.<br />
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Here are my reasons for believing his plan is NOT good for the horses and does
not meet their needs. I also believe it is not in the best interest of the
pedicab owners/drivers, and of the members of the general public who use
Central Park.</span></div>
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The first and most important reason is that the plan does not provide for any
turnout at liberty (unharnessed or unhaltered without a lead) in a large
paddock or pasture. Horses are social animals and without access to an area
where they can exercise or graze at the very least several times a week -
preferably with other horses to whom they are accustomed--, they develop
"vices" or bad habits such as chewing wood, cribbing, weaving in
their stalls and can become hard to manage. These habits can cause illness and
make them unsound for work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Large draft horses and
draft crosses need adequate stall space, especially if they do not have ANY
access to turnout for months at a time. Currently many of these horses are
housed in stalls that do not meet the minimum recommended square footage for
horses of their size (a MINIMUM of a 12 ft. by 12 ft. stall) and the mayor's
proposed new stable provides for only 10 ft. by 10 ft. stalls -- these are
INADEQUATE for the size of most of the horses used by the carriage owners and
driver in NYC.<br />
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The plan to keep the number of medallioned carriages at 68 while reducing the
number of horses to only 75 means the horses will have to work MORE than they
do now. It is my opinion that these horses are already working shifts that are
too long and too often now. Really having horses stand or work on hard surfaces
in city traffic for 9 hours a day, often 7 days a week is already possibly
injurious to their health and minds, especially with all the pollutants in the
air. It also probably isn't good for the drivers either.<br />
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The mayor's plan does not provide ANY protection from slaughter for these
faithful animals once they become injured or too old to work. In this day and
time, that is simply a crime and is inherently inhumane. Former NYC carriage
horses have already been found in kill buyers' lots destined to slaughter.
Without legal protection, I believe this will continue to happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The provision to remove
the VISIBLE license numbers on the horses' hooves is also not a very good idea and
will make it easier for dishonest owners and drivers to try to pass one horse
off as another. This has already been the case. A driver was caught trying to
pass an old horse with respiratory problems, who should not be working, off as
a younger sound horse. I believe these horses should have BOTH a visible hoof
brand and a microchip. But to be honest, many sales barns and dealers do not
bother to check to see if a horse is micro chipped.<br />
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I also believe that if horse-drawn carriages are going to be allowed to
continue to operate in NYC and other densely populated urban areas with heavy
motorized traffic, the drivers need to be better trained and supervised. The
mayor's proposed compromise does not address this issue at all. There are
countless videos and photos on the Internet that show drivers blatantly
ignoring regulations that are already on the books to make carriage driving
safe. Drivers routinely leave their horses unattended and untethered curbside.
Even the best trained horse can be startled or spooked by a sudden loud noise
or unfamiliar sight. This had happened DOZENS of times in the past 10 years
since I became aware of the situation in NYC. Sometimes people and horses have
been seriously injured, and often these incidents have resulted in the death of
the horses involved on the street or their euthansia back at the stables.
Really, the sight of a dead horse in the street is not very conducive to
tourism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There are also other
issues that make this proposed compromise suspect. For example, if I lived in
NYC, I would not want public funds spent to build a stable for a very few -- 68
or so -- people to be able to pursue their own private for-profit businesses. I
also do not think it is fair to give one set of business owners a monopoly at
the expense of others in a similar service industry. I am referring to the
pedicab owners and drivers being excluded from portions of Central Park while
the carriage owners and drivers are granted access to these same areas,
exclusively. But THESE are issues that would be more of a concern to NYC
citizens and tax payers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am mainly concerned
about the welfare of the horses involved because the treatment these horses
have received, and are continuing to receive at the hands of some of the
carriage owners reflects badly on all of us who own and drive horses. I can
honestly say that during the seven years that I operated a special events and
wedding carriage livery, not a street hack business like the tourist carriages
under discussion in NYC, I was negatively impacted by stories of horses running
away and being injured or causing injury to drivers and passengers in your
city. After the horse named Oreo spooked, bolted and became a runaway, the
video was carried by many network affiliates including the one in Baton Rouge,
near where I operated my business. I lost two wedding bookings as a result of
the fear that video engendered in the public.<br />
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My business model was nothing like the street hacks in your town, but I was
still affected. As a private carriage livery operator, my horses were booked
for specific events and rarely traveled on public streets at all. They were
usually at weddings and other functions held on private property, and they
actually worked no longer than 3 hours at a time from unloading to reloading
and going home.<br />
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I know that the NYC carriage owners and drivers like to claim that only they
"know" about horses, and only they are qualified to speak to the
issue of equine care. Just for reference, I have been riding horses since age
five and I began driving in the show ring when I was in my twenties. My late
husband and I bred and showed flat shod Tennessee Walking Horses for more than
ten years. We produced several champion horses, including a horse that was
exported to Germany and won several gaited classes at the Equitania, including
a gaited championship there.<br />
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I operated a profitable special events livery from 2007 through 2015 when I
ceased making my horses and "rolling stock" available for hire. I
owned a total of six draft horses, all of whom were retired at my expense on my
property. I still drive my remaining horses and ponies for personal pleasure on
the streets of my small rural town and at selected historical reenactment
events in my area.<br />
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In closing, I urge the council and anyone who has a modicum of concern for the
welfare of NYC's carriage horses to reject this poorly planned compromise as
not being in the best interests of the horses or the citizens of NYC who share
the streets of Central Park with them and the carriages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regards,<br />
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Mrs. H. B. Willis <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #033d3d; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Elysian Fields
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">P.O. Box 272<br />
Clinton, LA 7072</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-90406146092709439232015-12-12T14:01:00.001-05:002015-12-13T10:07:56.078-05:00NYC CARRIAGE HORSE STABLES - YOU BE THE JUDGE. <div style="text-align: left;">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are good horse stables and there are bad horse
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> In NYC, the law allows carriage horse horse stalls to be as small as 60 square
feet – 6’ x 10’ – even </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">though many of the horses are large drafts weighing upwards
of 2,000 pounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Equine </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">experts
recommend stalls be 144 square feet or 12' x 12' - with even more space</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> provided to larger horses. There is not enough space in NYC to do this right and the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> drivers want to cram in as many money-making machines (horses) as possible. This is, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">after all, a business - not a horse-sanctuary. When these horses cannot cut it anymore, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> they are gone. </span></span></div>
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The law does not require turnout to pasture since the land does not exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The law also</span></div>
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floors – accessible by a steep ramp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How steep is it you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> ask? Imagine a warehouse building with two floors connected by a staircase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remove</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> the stair and replace it with a ramp, which
because of the small space, is very steep. This</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> is how the horses access their stalls. It is uncomfortable for them,
especially the older</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> ones, to go up and down every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The ideal is to have the stalls on the first floor. </span></span>
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These are some pictures published by <a href="http://chelseanow.com/2015/12/west-side-stables-are-holdouts-of-old-new-york/" target="_blank">ChelseaNow </a>lauding these stables as old
New </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But they are not historical
landmark material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are just old,
smelly, decrepit </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> buildings that warehouse horses like a prison. <br /><br /> These pictures are available for the public via this newspaper. However they are nothing</span></div>
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obviously done for the convenience of the drivers. But it is
uncomfortable for a horse to wear it 24/7. More proof that these horses are just "products" and money making machines. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> NYC should not be supporting this business. It is cruel and inhumane to the horses. No </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> matter how hard the carriage owners, Liam Neeson, some of the Council members and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> It is also unsafe and dangerous to people whether the horses are housed in Hells Kitchen or Central Park.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> who belong to the union and they receive no benefits. <br /><br /> Unions are losing membership all over the country and they need this to show their</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> strength. But it is based on a lie at the expense of the horses. The Mayor and Council </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Members are terrified that the unions will come after them in the next election. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">TOO WEAK TO CONVINCE CITY COUNCIL</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(please write letter posted below - all info provided) </span><b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just before the 2015 Thanksgiving holiday, when fewer people were paying attention,
the NY Times reported that Mayor deBlasio plans to REDUCE not BAN the
carriage trade. This took us by surprise. The Coalition to Ban
Horse-Drawn Carriages started this campaign in 2006 - a culmination of
15 previous years of working on this issue. Yet the Mayor has never
once reached out to us to consult or ask our opinion. Why? MONEY TALKS
and without it, you do not have a seat at the table. Unfortunately
this is what our mayor is all about. Remember his campaign phrase
"tale of two cities?" Sounded catchy at the time, but he is the worse
offender - exacerbating the "two cities" concept by only listening to
big donors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Here are some of the recent articles.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NYTimes - <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/nyregion/mayor-de-blasio-will-seek-to-reduce-not-eliminate-central-park-carriage-horses.html?_r=0">Mayor de Blasio Seeks to Reduce, Not Ban, Carriage Horses in Central Park</a></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NY Daily news - <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/de-blasio-shoots-horse-drawn-carriages-nyc-article-1.2445670">De Blasio won’t put horse-drawn carriages in Central Park to pasture, but he will work to reduce their number</a></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NY Daily News - <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/carriage-drivers-bash-de-blasio-plan-cut-horse-numbers-article-1.2446566">NYC carriage drivers prepare to battle de Blasio’s new plan reducing number of horses ferrying tourists in Central Park </a></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA FOR MANY REASONS. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For starters - please accept that this will not happen. The
carriage trade is already opposing it because it cuts jobs. It would be
easier to get a total ban than to go through these kinds of
machinations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While the details have not been released yet, the Mayor is talking
about reducing the number of horses in the industry to 70 - down from approximately 200 and moving
them into Central Park. Will the City build a costly new stable on
public park land for a private industry -- built with public money? Or
will they try to cram these horses into the existing stables in
Central Park that were used to house 5 horses? Anything is possible.
If you think this will come with pasture turnout and appropriately sized
stalls - think again and take off your blinders. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />This will not only require approval by the City Council but because
of state law governing parks -- if the plan is to build, it will also
require the approval of the NYS legislature and Governor Cuomo -- unless
they figure out a way around it. Very possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>TRANSPARENT PLOY TO SHUT YOU UP - DON'T FALL FOR IT! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mostly, this is a transparent ploy to stave off criticism by
activists (letters, public protests) that Mayor deBlasio has not
fulfilled his promise of banning the inhumane and unsafe carriage trade –
because he is too weak. deBlasio’s ratings have sunk and he is trying
to do damage control. The mayor has two years to reelection and he
wants to keep the activist community at bay. Will you fall for it?
That is the question to answer.<br /><br />The Mayor is quoted in the NY Times as saying <i>"he made a commitment to his supporters and wants to show he is a man of his word." </i>News flash. He promised to BAN the inhumane and unsafe trade - nothing less. That is not being true to his "word" at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>IT IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN "HORSES IN TRAFFIC" </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For some reason, the mayor and his staff, who do not have much
knowledge about the horses, are suggesting that this is all about the
"horses in traffic." They would be wrong although that is certainly one
of the concerns. It is about so much more -- the punishing existing of
working 9 hours a day, 7 days a week - in all kinds of weather; the
inadequate sized stalls - 1/2 the size that experts recommend; no
turnout to pasture; being sent to kill auctions when no longer wanted ;
little to no law enforcement - allowing the drivers to make illegal
U-turns; leaving their horses unattended and untethered; overloading
carriages, etc.<br /><br />The horses' nature will not change. They are
still prey animals and can spook at the slightest provocation, becoming
unwitting weapons when they bolt - able to cause injury or death to
themselves or innocent passersby. This is not going to change because
they live in Central Park.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hack line on Central Park South
will most likely remain because this is where the drivers get their
customers. But this is also where many of the accidents occur.<br /><br /><b>WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT STUDY? </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was a study of the carriage trade required by the proposed
bill, Intro 573. We do not know what it "studied" because that
information was never released. It was completed in June, 2015 but
never officially published. Months ago, we put through a Freedom of
Information request - (FOIL) but continue to get monthly e-mail
responses saying it is delayed until "next month." Why the lack of
transparency? We want to know what the Mayor is hiding? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>COINCIDENCE? WHAT DO YOU THINK?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although we have never thought the existing stable property in
Hell's Kitchen was a consideration in banning the horse carriage trade,
this proposal is suspicious – if the drivers buy it – and they probably
will not – their four stables will be freed up – and they will probably
sell them. Interesting? We think so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>RETROFITTED CARRIAGES WERE THE SOLUTION.</b> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">http://www.andrescarriagetours.com/</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Mayor could have done this right if he had listened to us and
others at the beginning – instead of those who gave him big donations.
He could have opted for the proposal to replace the horse carriages with
<a href="http://andrescarriagetours.com/"><b>RETROFITTED CARRIAGES </b></a>–
with no horses. (NOT ELECTRIC CARS) The drivers should have jumped at
this opportunity. They complain that people insult them and call them
horse abusers but as long as horses are involved, this will not change
whether they move into the park or not. They will never work in an
industry where they and their families can be proud of what they do
because of the ongoing attacks. Liam Neeson can try to defend them by
saying they love their horses like children, but this will not stop a
passerby from shouting "get a real job, horse abuser." The drivers need
to face facts - This is simply the way it is.<br /><br />if they were
serious about this complaint, they would look for viable ways to
continue in something that closely resembled their current business but
did not have horses. Retrofitted carriages would allow them to continue
with the same business model; they would have been in control; still
kept their stables to store the same carriages they always used but now
would be retrofitted. The cost was a fraction of the electric cars –
Maybe $20,000 each compared to $200,000 for an electric car. Instead the
drivers foolishly dug in their heels saying “no compromise.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now they run the risk of losing everything.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THIS PLOY </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Mayor is not keeping his word and this is NOT a step in the
right direction. Don’t be fooled. We want ALL the horses retired to
sanctuaries – after all when slavery was abolished, no one agreed to
reduce the number of people kept as slaves – it was total abolition. We
will accept nothing less.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please contact the people below who are in the deBlasio
administration and tell them that the Mayor must show the leadership
abilities for which we elected him and that he must make this ban
happen. A promise made is a promise made to be kept - See sample letter
below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I<b>f you do not contact these policy makers, nothing will happen. So please do it! </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anthony Shorris - First Deputy Mayor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ashorris@cityhall.nyc.gov</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Marco Carrion - Commissioner of Community Affairs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mcarrion@cityhall.nyc.gov</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Emma Wolfe - Intergovernmental</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ewolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jeffrey Dupee - Community Affairs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">jdupee@hhspartner.nyc.gov</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ramon Martinez - Speaker's Office</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rmartinez@council.nyc.gov. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>ashorris@cityhall.nyc.gov, mcarrion@cityhall.nyc.gov, ewolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov,<br />jdupee@hhspartner.nyc.gov, rmartinez@council.nyc.gov. </b><br /><br /><br /><b>This is a sample letter -- just copy and paste: </b></span>
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<br /><i>Honorable Officials,<br />I am writing to express my extreme
disappointment and displeasure over the failure in leadership
demonstrated by Mayor DeBlasio, concerning the issue of the carriage
horse ban. While the Mayor claims he has done everything possible to
move this forward, and ban supporters have made every effort to contact
their own Council members, it appears that he has absolutely no clout
with the City Council in getting them to support his bill. Why then
would New Yorkers want to re-elect someone who is so weak?<br /><br />We do
not support the new plan to reduce the size of the industry. It
appears to be a ploy to keep the activist community at bay.<br /><br />The
Mayor must show the leadership abilities for which we elected him and
must make this ban happen or I will certainly not support or vote for
him again. A promise made is a promise made to be kept!<br /><br />Sincerely<br />Name<br />Address</i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-5179970822868680652015-11-15T09:32:00.001-05:002015-11-15T09:32:42.835-05:00THE MYSTERIES OF THE HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE HACK LINE IN NYC<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">HACK LINE MYSTERIES ....</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On Thursday night at the hack line -- November 12, 2015 - horse after horse was left
unattended near Seventh Avenue, standing around waiting for fares that
never came. This is not unusual. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is both dangerous and illegal to leave carriage horses
unattended and untethered in New York City. It is written into the NYC Administrative Code - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">§17–330 Regulations. <br /></span>But no one in authority is paying attention. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It also raises the questions: where is all
the business? And why is the carriage trade digging in their heels to keep this questionable business.? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have observed this many times. No business. So we continue to ask the question: WHY! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why does this cash only business still exist? What/who is behind it? Fewer than 250 licenses have been issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs to drive a horse-drawn carriages. Some of those licensees are not actively involved and live in other cities and countries, holding onto the license because it is inexpensive. There are only 68 medallions / owners. The other drivers are independent contractors who have to take care of their own taxes and get a percentage of their fares. Only 120 drivers belong to the union. Because it is not 100%, it is not a union shop and this means that there are no benefits. No health care, no vacation days, no 401 K/s. Nothing. It is name only. This obviously means that they are not "good union jobs" as many think. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So why are they still hanging on? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why is the Mayor and City Council allowing this inhumane and unsafe business to continue? Why are they afraid of this tiny group of people? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> These are the $64,000 questions. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unattended and untethered -- no driver in sight
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">© Mary Culpepper</span></span><style>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unattended and untethered -- no driver in sight <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- © Mary Culpepper</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unattended and untethered -- no driver in sight - <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">© Mary Culpepper</span></span></td></tr>
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drivers standing around by the wall, as their horses are unattended:
illegal, dangerous, and curious - where is all the business that has made them dig their heels in? </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">© Mary Culpepper</span></span><br />
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leaving his horse unattended illegally and endangering the public safety
as well as the horse. </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">© Mary Culpepper</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-2166717900498908822015-04-02T20:32:00.001-04:002015-04-02T20:34:37.854-04:00DEATH OF TICKLES - THE COALITION ASKS FOR AN INVESTIGATION <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DEATH OF TICKLES - THE COALITION ASKS FOR AN INVESTIGATION </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Recently, I wrote a blog for TheDodo.com about the
mysterious death of a New York City carriage horse named Tickles, which occurred on
February 13, 2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Daily News was
the first newspaper to report that Tickles had been euthanized in his stall
“after an accident left him with a fractured leg.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>If you do not know the story or need to be refreshed, please
read the piece in TheDodo called <a href="https://www.thedodo.com/community/banhdc/the-life-and-death-of-a-nyc-carriage-horse-1059130694.html" target="_blank"><b>"NYC's Handling of Carriage Horse Death Raises Many Questions."</b><b> </b></a> It discusses
the inadequate information I received via the Freedom of Information law, all
of which pointed to a shoddy Department of Health “investigation.” <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>This is the letter I sent to top people at the Mayor’s
office and the Department of Health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is dated April 1, 2015. Will it be ignored? Will any action be taken? </b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 18pt;">On behalf of the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages, I
request that the Department of Health conduct an appropriate and extensive
independent investigation into the death of Tickles, which occurred on February
13, 2015. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 18pt;">The information I recently received through the Freedom of
Information Law from the Department of Health revealed how inadequate the
handling of this death was. We find it unacceptable. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is highly possible that Tickles fractured his leg before he
got to his stall. This means it could have happened to him while he was
on the street working -- or at</span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.0pt;"> the farm. To make the assumption that
Tickles was cast in his stall -- as Dr. Farrell did - is just that - an
assumption. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.0pt;">The web site for the farm Tickles went to for furlough,
shows that they offer carriage rides and other horse events. Was Tickles
forced to participate? Was Tickles also worked at the farm? It is
possible. As you know, the existing laws - written by the carriage trade
- never required the DoH to inspect or approve any of these furlough
locations. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.0pt;">The veterinarians employed or hired as consultants by the DoH
all have conflicts of interest. In this case, Dr. Farrell had previously
testified on behalf of the carriage industry at City Hall. This is wrong.
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.0pt;">Please let me know if the DoH intends to investigate this death
in an appropriate and independent way.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.0pt;">This is an article I wrote for TheDodo.com. What I do not
say in this e-mail, i said in the article so please consider it as part of this
communication. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.thedodo.com/community/banhdc/the-life-and-death-of-a-nyc-carriage-horse-1059130694.html"><span style="color: #103cc0;">https://www.thedodo.com/community/banhdc/the-life-and-death-of-a-nyc-carriage-horse-1059130694.html</span></a></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thank
you. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Elizabeth Forel</span><br />
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">President / Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Council Member Eric Ulrich was first elected to the NY City Council in 2009. He is the only Republican from Queens and represents <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 24px;">Rockaway Peninsula as well as South Richmond Hill, Howard Beach, South Ozone Park and Woodhaven. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Queens is also a fairly conservative borough and home to many carriage horse drivers. According to his City Council page, Mr. Ulrich is only 28. This means he was 7 years old when the last big fight to control and regulate the out of control carriage business occurred. This resulted in the drivers being able to work their horses in many parts of the City, with no thought to public safety. The Mayor at that time was Rudolph Giuliani, followed by Michael Bloomberg, neither a friend to animals. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">As a Republican Mr. Ulrich's support for a ban on horse-drawn carriages was not expected, but at least he was not trying to hurt the administration by spilling his guts to the Daily News just for attention. Well that all changed. On Friday, February 13, the NY Daily News published <b><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/eric-ulrich-no-nyc-horse-carriage-ban-blog-entry-1.2114703" target="_blank">this article</a></b> telling how Mr. Ulrich decided to speak out. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>I sent the following e-mail to CM Ulrich's chief of staff about this article:</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I make reference to the article in the Daily News on Friday, February 13th about Council Member Ulrich making the decision to oppose the bill to ban horse-drawn carriages. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please show this e-mail to the Council Member. I understand that everyone is entitled to their own opinion - but as the old saying goes - not to their own facts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the quote attributed to the Council Member:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 21px;"><i>"I believe that every New Yorker, not only carriage drivers, should have access to a good paying job, retirement security, and the opportunity to give their kids a better shot at life. That is what the American dream is all about and that is what is [at] stake here," he said. </i>And this:<i> </i></span><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 21px;"><i>"cannot, in good conscience, vote for any legislation that would deny hardworking people a chance to earn a decent living."</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I agree with the Council Member. Everyone should have access to a good paying job with benefits -- just like members of the City Council do. But the NYC carriage trade is not that, which is what the Council member is referring to in this context. I have been working on this issue consistently since 2006 but before that since the early 1990s. We have tried for years to shut it down because it is inhumane, unsafe and operates on a laissez faire basis. The authorities have looked the other way. My research is based on truth, talking to people who previously worked in the industry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>GOOD PAYING JOBS: </b> There are about 250 people who have a license to drive a carriage; not 300 or 500 or even 1,000. Of those 250, about 60-65 are the owners who own the 68 medallions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - part timers or others who hold on to the license because it is inexpensive -- much cheaper than the license to drive a pedicab. This is because the carriage trade has always had </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">access to the City Council members and those in high echelons of government. After all, it all began with former Mayor William O'Dwyer in the late 1940s. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - one woman operates her business in Cape May, NJ and no longer works in NYC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - others whose names I recognize live out of town, no longer work in the industry and keep the license to pad the numbers. </span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only people you are protecting by not supporting the bill are the owners -- not the drivers. Their business model is questionable and dishonest to say the least. It is a cash only business. You have undoubtedly heard that it generated $19,000,000 annually. This is the number that has been bandied about for some time. It is a fabricated, contrived number put out there to compare that income to what might come in from the electric cars. it is made up. There is no way to prove this because it is not one big industry but many small ones that file separate tax returns. The amount reported to the IRS is far, far less, which means a very small number is given over to NYC income taxes.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Teamsters Local purportedly representing the carriage drivers is not a real union shop. Not everyone belongs to it. There was never a vote. What legitimate union puts owners and workers in the same local? It simply does not happen. The Teamsters' role is that of bullies/lobbyists, to put the fear of God in Council Members implying they will work against them in the next election. Consequently, there are no benefits -- no health care, vacation or sick days, 401K's, etc. Nothing. This is what you support. </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you speak of retirement security - what exactly do you mean - other than the owners keeping their sweet cash only deal while the authorities - yes the City Council - look the other way while the industry pays as little tax as possible. It is corruption. </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the ones who get a really bad break here are the workers. Most, if not all, are independent contractors - misclassified. They get 1099s and not W2s. They make little and have nothing to save for their "retirement" as you call it. It is up to them to pay their own income tax and Social Security. Those who need health care are often on medicaid. </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The workers should have the opportunity to get a real solid job - possibly in a real union - with benefits and the opportunity to fund a 401k for their retirement. A robust job program, which has been offered (and will be worked out) by the deBlasio administration will really help these workers. </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why couldn't you wait until the Environmental Impact Study was completed before you decided to "oppose" this bill. Why couldn't you offer to work with the Administration to develop those <span style="color: #111111; line-height: 21px;"><i>"good paying jobs with retirement security" -- </i>for everyone - not just the Entitled 68." This would have been a great opportunity for a Republican to be part of this solution. </span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Two of the stables are in the path of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment project - one on 37th St. and one on 38th St. Each property is worth about $10,000,000. The owners are waiting for the right time to sell. It will happen - sooner rather than later since redevelopment is moving along. If this bill fails, when the stables are sold, many workers/drivers will lose their jobs, while the owners retire in luxury. It will be too late to provide an alternate industry for them at that point. Many will access public assistance since they are probably not eligible for unemployment insurance. Is this OK with you? In the meantime, you could have been helping them into a real job with benefits. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So Councilman -- this is what you are really supporting because you have some disagreements with the deBlasio administration. Corruption, paltry jobs, questionable union practices -- workers who are forced to go on Medicaid because their incomes are so low they cannot afford insurance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you ever question why the media is mostly on one side of this issue? They are certainly not the experts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You still have the opportunity to do the right thing and be on the right side of history and support this bill; to make this a more humane city - not just for animals, which many people care about - but for the exploited workers. I believe people look at those in politics with new respect when they change their mind and admit that they were wrong. It is a sign of character. Former Mayor Bloomberg did that when he spoke out in favor of the pedicab business when the carriage owners were trying to ban them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to read the truth about any of these issues, you will find it here. We are a totally volunteer, grass roots organization, originally founded in 1994 and then focusing on the carriage horse issue in 2006. No salaries - no conflicts of interest. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.thedodo.com/community/banhdc/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.thedodo.com/<wbr></wbr>community/banhdc/</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/author/Elizabeth_Forel/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.onegreenplanet.org/<wbr></wbr>author/Elizabeth_Forel/</a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.carriagehorsesnyc.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.carriagehorsesnyc.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very truly yours,</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-38015640994192314902014-12-27T12:53:00.002-05:002015-03-14T16:48:17.124-04:00THE TRUTH ABOUT THE NYC CARRIAGE HORSE STABLES -- ARE YOU STRONG ENOUGH TO ACCEPT IT? <b>THE TRUTH ABOUT THE NYC CARRIAGE HORSE STABLES...</b><br />
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There is so much misinformation out there that people who care about the carriage horse issue in NYC and support a ban do not know what to believe. I will attempt to disabuse you of any preconceived notions you may have after being fed a diet of the Daily News and NY Post or listening to Council Members like Espinal and Crowley, both of whom have borrowed the pages from the Carriage Driver's play book. <br />
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<b>Please accept this as a fact: <i>The truth is not getting out to the public.</i></b><i> </i></div>
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In this blog, I will address the stable issue only. The carriage drivers and their supporters claim that Steve Nislick, the head of NYClass, wants this property. <b>He does not. </b>The sooner you accept this truth, the sooner you will begin to question the other lies such as the "good union jobs" or the "horses will all go to slaughter if there is a ban." <br />
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These and other lies will be addressed in the near future. We have no conflicts of interest, do this work for free, and only want to save the horses from a life that <b><a href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/what-happens-to-nyc-carriage-horses-when-theyre-retired/" target="_blank">often ends at the auctions.</a></b> We are not part of, nor do we have any affiliation with, NYClass. The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages began this campaign in 2006. We are a 501-(c) -4, incorporated in 1995 under The Coalition for NYC Animals, Inc. <br />
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<li><b>FIRST RULE:</b> Always question what you hear from the main stream media - whether right wing or seemingly progressive. They all have ulterior motives, which may not be apparent. This includes the NY Daily News, NY Post, Wall Street Journal, Crain's NY Business, Newsweek, Fox News, NY-1 and the editorial board of the NY Times. The Daily news, particularly, is a bastion of yellow journalism. They have ulterior motives to bring down Mayor deBlasio because they cannot tolerate his progressive policies. None of these media sources supported deBlasio in the Mayoral primary - although some did come around in the general election. It was the people who gave the Mayor his landslide -- not the media. </li>
<li><b>NYCLASS:</b> We have total confidence that Steve Nislick/NYClass has no interest in the stable properties. It is intentional propaganda by the right wing media in NYC aided by the <b><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/anti-animal-rights-firm-teams-carriage-drivers-article-1.1579849" target="_blank">Cavalry Group</a></b>, lobbyists for puppy mills and horse slaughter and now lobbying to keep the carriage trade in NYC. </li>
<li><b>SENSELESS</b>: Why would Steve Nislick covet these two small parcels of property for years and years when there was so much else available (if he wanted it) since it is an urban renewal project that extends over many blocks. Answer: he would not and if you believe this, then you have fallen for the lies perpetuated by the right wing media and the unions that have been duped by them. </li>
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<li><b>THESE ARE THE STABLES:</b> The two stables pictured here fall in the path of the <b><a href="http://www.hydc.org/includes/site_images/misc/home_map_large.gif" target="_blank">Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project</a></b>, which has been going on for more than ten years - many more years than NY Class has been in existence. The Byrne Brothers stable is on the left and West Side Livery is on the right. Whether or not the carriage trade comes to an end, these stables' days are numbered. There is nothing about either of these two properties that is special or desirable. The area is being built up and gentrified to service everyone. Google it and find out for yourself. We need to stop catering to the special needs of a few entitled people - the carriage owners. </li>
<li><b>$$$$$$$$</b>: <b><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-24/nyc-stables-in-developer-crosshairs-as-carriage-ban-looms.html" target="_blank">The buildings</a></b> are worth about $10,000,000 each and both owners stand to make a huge profit. While it should go without saying, they can also decide to whom they will sell the property. Yet there are some people who have fallen for this argument without questions. </li>
<li><b>OTHER STABLES:</b> The other stables on W. 48th and W. 52nd are not in this redevelopment area so can keep this property for anything their hearts desire. They can continue to rent out to pedicabs or turn it into a parking garage. </li>
<li><b>MORT ZUCKERMAN</b>, multi billionaire owner of the NY Daily News and strong supporter of former Speaker Christine Quinn who was endorsed by his paper, is also the executive chairman of Boston Properties, a large real estate investment trust. Google to see their ownership of this city and their involvement with the Hudson Yards Project. </li>
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Wednesday, November 26<sup>th</sup>, in Manhattan’s Criminal Court, carriage
driver Saverio Colarusso pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly
conduct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Originally charged with a
violation of Section 353 of the Agriculture and Markets law – misdemeanor
animal cruelty - it appeared that the DA’s office simply wanted to make the case
go away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now Colarusso will not have a
record.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://www.thedodo.com/community/banhdc/carriage-driver-pleads-guilty--844228729.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">This was our contribution to TheDodo.com. </span></b></a></span><br />
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was charged with working his horse lame over four days in December 2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it were </span><br />
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not for Officer Brian Koll who
spotted the horse limping, Colarusso would have gotten away with this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We often see similar situations but calling
the NYPD generally does not result in any action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although they have been charged with
enforcing animal cruelty laws and carriage horse regulations since the ASPCA
gave up humane law enforcement in January 2013, they do virtually nothing when it comes to the
horses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Coalition has reached out to
Mayor deBlasio and Commissioner Bratton but so far has been ignored on this issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Still waiting.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">District
Attorney Cyrus Vance’s office is bad to non existent when it comes to
prosecuting animal cruelty cases. In 2013, the NY Post reported that the <a href="http://nypost.com/2013/10/04/ceo-beats-dog-abuse-rap-despite-sick-video-and-confession/" target="_blank">DA’s office dropped animal abuse charges</a> against Daniel Padilla, who was seen
viciously beating his dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By
ignoring or diminishing charges of blatant cruelty, the justice system – in
this case Vance’s office<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- helps to
perpetuate the cycle of violence, essentially giving tacit approval to animal
abuse with a wink and a nod -- that if you hurt an animal, expect to either get
the charges dropped or paint park benches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Those who have been arrested for crimes against animals are much more
likely to go on to commit violent crimes against humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The FBI is well aware of this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages has been to most all of the Colarusso
court hearings, each taking only a minute or
two at most and dragging on over months<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were there on Wednesday to hear this disappointing verdict. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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driver charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty, working a horse lame in
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voice] S why the hell is this damn case dragging on so long? it is almost a
year since the defendant was charged. Make a damn deal and get them to take it
for god's sake. It's clogging up our case load. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #131313; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>LOWLY ASST. DA:</b> [nervous voice] Cyrus, I have
tried - the lawyer won't accept a deal. They are stringing it out and playing
hard ball. They continue to refuse - what can I tell you - I can't twist their
arm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #131313; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>DISTRICT ATTORNEY:</b> [louder booming voice] S -
god damn it - you either get them to take that deal by reducing the charge, or
you will be transferred to the Bronx or Staten Island. Got it? It was only a
damn horse. Get real, S. No one cares about the horse except those zombie
wackos who come to court and stare at the judge. The way everyone is acting,
you would think this poor slob hurt a person. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #131313; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Tell the public the horse is
doing well now - that it was only a fluke. Lie. Get in front of the press, S,
old boy. Handle them. And keep the defendant away from those crazy animal
rights activists. They come to court every damn hearing. They follow the
defendant when he leaves the court room. They hold up "animal abuser"
signs. Give the defendant a safe place to stay - get the judge to help. We need
to see how we can prevent them from coming. Maybe stop them at check in. Or
screw up the room location or dates. Can't stand those crazies. Animals don't
vote. Remember that. I didn't get into office because some damn horse or dog
pulled the lever in the voting booth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #131313; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>LOWLY ASST. DA</b>: Cy, Cy - I did it, I did it.
The lawyer accepted a deal. Can I stay now? Got anymore of those animal cases
for me? I will immediately offer a plea bargain - no matter what. I hope you
still like me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was handled badly but no surprise. The DA's office should have stuck to its guns and went with the original charge and taken it to trial. They had a good
solid witness - a NYC police officer. But that Vance guy is known for watering
down animal cruelty charges. If they wanted to, they could have made a real
case of this - charged the horse owner and stable manager; questioned the
veracity of the Department of Heath vet who played down the horse's condition
-- see if she had any conflicts of interest; played up the report from the
original Florida vet who had to outfit Blondie with a special boot; given more
credence to the defendant's past record. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #131313; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Even if they lost the case at trial,
it would have sent a message that they take animal cruelty seriously. But now
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-75371491902143710912014-11-03T19:43:00.006-05:002014-12-17T19:25:08.738-05:00DISPELLING TEAMSTER LIES the NYC Horse-Carriage Issue<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DISPELLING TEAMSTER LIES</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i>Are the Teamsters out to bring down Mayor deBlasio?</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i>The Teamsters:NYC's 21st Century Tammany Hall </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">by Elizabeth Forel <b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">President, The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Update:</b> 12/17/14 -- On Monday, December 8th, the bill to ban horse-drawn carriages - Intro 573 was finally introduced into the City Council / Transportation Committee. <a href="http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2080746&GUID=0D50DEF7-90D7-4B73-9BF3-25BB8520CEEC&Options=ID|Text|&Search=573" target="_blank"><b>Click here</b></a> to see the text. Immediately, the Teamsters, who "represent" the carriage trade, jumped into high gear and pressured Council Members to come out in opposition of the bill. Several did - including those from the City Council, State Legislature and even Congress. They all said the same thing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />We oppose this bill because it would kill "good union jobs." <br /><br /><b>Newsflash:</b> These are not good union jobs. A good union job provides benefits to the dues payer - i.e., health, vacation pay, sick days, collective bargaining. Such benefits do not exist here because it is not a real union job. For $60 a month, the Teamsters act as a lobby group. It seems that the Teamsters and other union friends are throwing their weight around, bullying council members into taking this position, based on untruths. The drivers want to protect their cash only business where they can report what they want to the IRS. The workers/drivers are mostly independent contractors, not employees. They do not even qualify for sick pay under the new law. This is a good union job? <br /><br />Please contact your council member by calling their district office if he/she has taken this position. <a href="http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Click here. </b></a></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Illegal: Horse-drawn carriage in Climate March </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Teamsters, as Local 553, have been
representing the carriage drivers in NYC since 2008 when they saw an
opportunity arise after a horse named Smoothie was killed in a spooking
accident. The drivers are not organized into a union shop, which means
that there is no mandate to join; no collective bargaining, vacation,
medical benefits or retirement benefits that one would expect to find in
a real union. Both the owners and workers are in the same local and
most of the drivers have not joined. The $60 dues are essentially a
lobbying fee. Nevertheless, the Teamsters have no problem calling them
“good union jobs.”</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One wonders why the Teamsters cannot help the drivers get authentic
“good union jobs” and continue to represent them in another business.
The death knell has already sounded in this industry and whether it is
through legislation per Mayor deBlasio or eventually through the Hudson
Yards Redevelopment project, the end will happen.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unions helped build the middle class, improving wages, making the
workweek shorter, workplace safer and addressing the health and
retirement needs of workers. I understand it and support it. Real
union members should be outraged at this “fake union” because it is a
sham – designed to bully the City Council and the Mayor into submission
with implied threats of working against them next election.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The only way for the unions or the Daily News (which has waged a
crusade against a ban and deBlasio) to get support for this industry is
to lie – and lie they do. They never let facts get in the way.
Because these blatant lies have not been challenged by a media that is
only too willing to follow in lock step, the truth is not getting out.</span><br />
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</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">See:</span></b><br />
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</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://carriagehorsesnyc.blogspot.com/2014/03/have-you-been-brainwashed-by-media-in.html">Have You Been Brainwashed by the Media?</a></span></b><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://carriagehorsesnyc.blogspot.com/2014/03/beware-media-is-managing-carriage-horse.html">Beware – the Media is Managing the Carriage Horse Issue.</a></span></b><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>These are some of their recurring lies — “Teamster Speak” — with our response:</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The horse carriages contribute $19 million to the tourism industry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>TEAMSTER SPEAK</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The horse carriages contribute $19 million to the tourism industry.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>TRUTH</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The source of the $19 million number is Steve Nislick from NYClass.
When projecting the income expected from a new electric car tourism
industry, he estimated the income from the carriage industry for
comparison. It was an unfortunate overestimated guess and these numbers
could not be substantiated. This is a cash only industry made up of 68
separate businesses, whose tax returns are private. Nevertheless, that
did not prevent Crain’s NY Business, Daily News and many others in the
media from citing this puffed up number. The bigger the number, the
more viable and important the carriage industry sounds.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Teamster flyer also claims that the drivers make between $40,000
and $100,000 per year. But these numbers do not jibe with the
$19,000,000 figure also on the flyer.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A confidential source from the carriage trade has told us the income
is more like $10,000,000 annually but only about half of that gets
reported to the IRS since it is a cash only business. Using a figure
of approximately 4% for NYC tax, this would mean that the industry is
contributing only about $200,000 annually to the tax coffers of NYC not
the $760,000 that their supporters claim.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The way this can be settled once and for all is to have all drivers –
owners and employees both – submit their tax returns for public
scrutiny. But until then, they need to stop lying about how viable
their industry is.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>TEAMSTER SPEAK</b></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Teamsters continue to say that the industry is regulated by four city agencies and the ASPCA.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>TRUTH</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ASPCA withdrew from enforcing animal cruelty laws and oversight
of the carriage trade in January 2014. The four city agencies are the
Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene, Consumer Affairs,
Transportation, and the NYPD, which ostensibly took over from the
ASPCA. We continuously complain about the lack of law enforcement,
particularly on the streets. The NYPD looks the other way as the
drivers make illegal u-turns, leave their horses unattended and
untethered or overload their carriages. There is no one to stop them.
As state Senator Tony Avella said in the Times Ledger in January 2014 <i>“The city has been doing an awful job monitoring this industry,” he said. “It’s disgraceful.”</i> Yes, Senator and unfortunately nothing has changed under our new mayor. With the departure of the ASPCA, it has gotten worse.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>TEAMSTER SPEAK </b></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There have been only three equine deaths due to collisions with motorized vehicles and no human fatalities.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>TRUTH</b></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is quintessential “teamster speak” manipulating the facts so it
is only about collisions when other causes of death are equally as
important. In fact there have been many reported deaths of horses in
this industry. In January 2006 when we started this campaign, Spotty
had just died from a spooking accident. Later in September, Juliet, an
old mare, was diagnosed with Exertional Rhabdomyolisis or “Tying up
Syndrome” and died in her stall. In 2007, Smoothie was killed in
another spooking accident. In 2011, Charlie collapsed and died on the
street on his way to the park. This does not account for the many
horses who died behind closed doors in the stables from colic or another
cause. The only way to know this is through the Freedom of Information
Law.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since we started analyzing the known incidents, at least 13 horses
have died publicly in 30 years. This does not include horses who died
in the stables.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While it is true there have been no human deaths in NYC, there have
been human deaths elsewhere that involve carriage horses and it is only a
matter of time before it happens here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Teamsters’ position is
irresponsible because they deny the nervous nature of these powerful
horses who spook easily and become unwitting weapons when frightened,
bolting into traffic causing havoc. It’s a <b><a href="http://carriagehorsesnyc.blogspot.com/2014/07/its-safety-issue.html">Safety Issue</a></b> addresses these concerns.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>TEAMSTER SPEAK </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Quinnipiac poll has shown that more than 60% of New Yorkers oppose banning horse-drawn carriages.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>TRUTH </b></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This poll was taken months after an unchallenged onslaught of media
propaganda led by the NY Daily News, which continues to this day. In
this kind of environment where the truth is not welcome, it is not
surprising that people who have been subjected to media brainwashing
would react this way.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prior to Mayor deBlasio’s election, every poll taken on this subject
resulted in between 75 and 80% of respondents in favor of a ban.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>TEAMSTER SPEAK </b></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are 300 people whose jobs will be affected. Teamster George Miranda said. “<i>By
destroying the horse-carriage industry, the city would be killing good
jobs and leaving 400 hardworking taxpayers and their families out in the
cold.”</i></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>TRUTH </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The number of people in the industry has grown like Pinocchio’s
nose. However, a June 2014 document from the Department of Consumer
Affairs shows 228 horse carriage license holders. Not all of them live
or work in NYC. Some are not even in the industry. One had been
deported to Mexico; another lives in Sicily, one owns a restaurant in
Brooklyn, and yet another has a carriage business in Cape May – but they
continue to hold on to their licenses. They are relatively inexpensive
– another NYC perk — only $35 for two years compared to $30 for one
year for pedicabs. Owners pay $100 for two years compared to $110 for
one year for pedicabs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>IN SUMMARY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mayor deBlasio is the first pro union mayor in 20 years. He
inherited a mess from Mayor Bloomberg including many municipal union
contracts that had not been renewed – some for five years –
representing 300,000 people. Yet his administration is moving along
and almost finished negotiating and resolving these contracts.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So why are the Teamsters beating up on Mayor deBlasio publicly,
siding with the Daily News, which prints covers saying that the mayor is
an ass. Do municipal union members realize what the leadership is
doing?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If the Teamsters succeed in getting Mayor deBlasio to go back on his
word, it will hurt him. He will become known as a flip flopper and
worse. When he runs for reelection in 2017, this could be used against
him. He will be known as someone who does not keep his word and is
essentially a puppet for the Teamsters. Although NYC is considered to
be a Democratic city our last two mayors were Republicans. Is this what
the Teamsters want? Are they really that dense – all for a couple of
hundred people that they could retrain in real union jobs? Or is it
something else? Do they have someone in mind that they want to put up
against deBlasio – someone who will be their puppet?</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Follow the money …</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bottom line – do we want this city ruled by the Teamsters – the
updated version of Tammany Hall – or a strong mayor who answers to his
own conscience?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">originally posted in the TimesUnion.com blog </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Animal Rights: Rethinking our Relationship with Other Species" 10/15/14</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://blog.timesunion.com/animalrights/the-nyc-horse-drawn-carriage-issue-dispelling-teamster-lies-guest-post/5509/</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-71640361177326327122014-10-04T08:23:00.000-04:002014-10-04T08:23:52.036-04:00THE TRUTH ABOUT THOSE "SUMMER VACATIONS" <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 2010, a local law was passed that required NYC carriage horse owners to provide a “5-week vacation for their horses.” The language of this new regulation can be found under Regulations in the Administrative Code – Rental Horse and Protection Law.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> <i>§ 17–330 Regulations – g.2</i></b><i> Carriage horses shall receive no less than five weeks of vacation or furlough every twelve months at a horse stable facility which allows daily access to paddock or pasture turnout. Proof of such vacation or furlough shall be provided upon request to the department and/or the ASPCA. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The media went nuts with the concept of a horse getting a "five-week vacation" when many </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">people do not get as much time -- as if this were the greatest thing for these horses. No one questioned if it was appropriate. No one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Instead, the media's reporting<span style="font-size: small;"> conjured up images of horses lolling about in swimming pools sunning themselves. <a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130707/HOSPITALITY_TOURISM/307079986/carriage-horses-get-drawn-into-animal-rights-fight#" target="_blank"><b>Crain’s NY,</b></a> a long time supporter of the carriage trade<b>, </b>said: “<i>The horses get a minimum of five weeks' vacation every year. Many are shipped off to fields in Pennsylvania for leisure, </i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>often for three months at a time." </i> This was typical for the media, but it was all hype. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Nevertheless, the public and the media were only too happy to accept it as gospel. It was promoted by former Mayor Bloomberg, former Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Council Member James Gennaro – all supporters of the carriage trade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This was deception of the highest order. <br /><br />Vacations are a human concept. People need them – not horses. Horses need daily turnout to pasture where they can graze and socialize with other horses. As herd animals, they like to engage in mutual grooming to relieve their stress – something they do not get to do in NYC.
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There has been much written on the benefits of turnout for horses. Virtually all equine practitioners <i>without a financial conflict of interest </i>will come down on the side of the horse. The only people who claim horses do not need turnout are those who blindly defend the carriage trade, which simply does not have the land to do this. These are the same people who defend horses in the Climate March parade or parking a carriage horse over a steaming manhole cover. For 47 weeks out of the year, the horses get nothing – deprived of free exercise and the opportunity to be a horse. They work 9 hours a day, 7 days a week, coming back to a stall that is half the size it should be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />But the reality of these “vacations” is even worse. <br /><br />The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene seriously failed the horses with this legislation because nowhere did they ask for a list of farms that would participate in this program; nor did they require inspections of these farms. This omission begs the questions of where the horses actually go and what are they are doing once they get there. It is all on the honor system. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />In October 2011, former ASPCA equine veterinarian, Pamela Corey was quoted in the <a href="http://nypost.com/2011/11/02/charlie-horse-had-a-nagging-ulcer/" target="_blank"><b>New York Post.</b></a><a href="http://nypost.com/2011/11/02/charlie-horse-had-a-nagging-ulcer/" target="_blank"> </a> "Dr. Corey, the director of equine veterinary services of the ASPCA’s humane law-enforcement department, said<i><b> </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i>“We have observed some horses returning to New York City after furloughs on a farm in worse condition than when they left.”
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>is this what NYC carriage horse really do on "vacation?" </i></td></tr>
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</i></b><br /><br />This statement was never investigated and was apparently ignored. <br /><br />While some of the drivers do own farms and hopefully their horses do get to relax, most do not. It has been rumored that many of the horses are sent to Amish farmers where they are worked for this period and not fed properly in exchange for satisfying the “vacation” requirement. This would account for Corey’s observation. The Amish would never tolerate seeing a horse just hanging around in the pasture doing nothing. The farmer would want to put him or her to work. This is no “vacation.” <br /><br />This is just one of the many truths about the carriage trade that has been kept from the public because of media bias. Let’s get over believing that the carriage drivers “love” their horses. <br /><br />They are commodities who exist only to make them money. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">### </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-12862832572398531652014-09-26T16:21:00.000-04:002014-09-26T21:47:01.136-04:00Icons of Misery: Take a Good Look Around the Hack Line<span style="font-size: large;">Look down the next time you visit the hack line. There's more misery than you may know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's difficult not to recognize the horses' suffering. Exploited for greed and entertainment, the NYC carriage horse is an icon of misery. These dispirited horses travel up to 4 miles a day in heavy traffic, suffer concussive injuries and lameness from pounding the pavement, and don't get enough water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">New York City carriage horses also must share their feed with starving pigeons. This contaminates the feed and puts horses at risk for illness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's not an anomaly, it's the norm. The carriage drivers don't discourage it. In fact, they often throw feed on the filthy ground.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Picture it: New York City carriage horses stand around</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in excessive heat and cold waiting for fares. The horses are watered inadequately and eat feed that is tainted with pigeon droppings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Miserable, right? It's bad for the horses and it endangers the lives of the pigeons, who frequently fall victim to the wheels of the carriage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This happened during our September demo & outreach event. The poor hungry birds are there one minute, gone the next. As always, one of our activists took the pigeon's body into the park, out of respect.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">A ban critic recently said that the horses are happy and the pigeons are, too. I recommend that everyone wake up and take a good look around the hack line--and don't forget to look down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The ban will make New York City a better place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Side note: Pigeons are wonderful creatures. An August 2014 <i>Epoch Times</i> cover story ("<a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/923382-new-york-too-busy-to-care-center-rescues-citys-injured-birds/">New York Too Busy to Care? Center Rescues City's Injured Birds</a>") warned against bird bigotry and gave us a history lesson on the heroic birds. The reporter wrapped it up by saying, "By the time I had done an elementary Google search, I was ready to get down on the ground and salute them."</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-80615600679032576892014-09-22T20:56:00.002-04:002014-09-27T17:39:00.265-04:00NO PLACE FOR A HORSE -- IN THE MIDDLE OF CLIMATE MARCH PARADE<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">No place for a horse … </span></b></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Teamsters and carriage drivers put horse in harm's way by using him in the Climate March ... and it was illegal. </span></b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The first ever People’s Climate March was held in NYC on Sunday September 21<sup>st</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was wall to wall people – estimates of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>350,000 – some were as high as 400,000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of noise – bands, drummers, rolling crowd whoop – when that happened, it was so loud, I had to cover my ears. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got there at 10:30 and it was not until 1:00 pm that we began to move – by baby steps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was exciting and exhilarating - a great time for people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">But never for horses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At 3:25 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwdAaSQ0ZpQ" target="_blank"><b>into this <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>video </b></a>from the March organizers, a moment of silence is held followed by sounding the “climate alarm,” which translated into people shouting as loud as they could, banging drums, using noise makers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This happened many times during the march.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I call this a “rolling crowd whoop”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> because it started at the front of the march and made its way back. </span>During the march, there was a mix of chants, bands, drums, parade noise – sometimes so loud it would rattle your ear drums.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It was no place to bring a horse. </span></span></i></div>
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march.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">We remember Smoothie...</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">12-year old carriage horse who died on the street seven years ago</span> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">One of the
most tragic incidents in recent history in the NYC carriage trade occurred in the late afternoon of September 14, 2007 on the hack line bordering Central
Park. A 12-year old mare named Smoothie, hooked to a carriage, was waiting <span></span>for a fare. In other words -- she was "parked." Her driver was
obviously not paying attention to her – probably off talking to his buddies<span>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span></span>It is illegal to leave your horse unattended
and untethered, which Smoothie undoubtedly was. This is nothing new, we see it often.<span> </span>The street laws are generally not enforced.<span> </span>They were not then and they are not now.<span> </span>The driver should have been near Smoothie holding
her by a lead line.<span> </span>If he had done the
right thing, he might have prevented Smoothie’s death.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Horses can
spook very unexpectedly and easily – but they often give you a clue - a little advance warning that they are having an anxiety attack. <span> </span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/15/nyregion/15horse.html" target="_blank"><b>Smoothie spooked at something </b></a>–<span> </span>perhaps a loud noise - <span> </span>and tore down the street, hitting a tree.<span> </span>She died on the spot.<span> Poor girl, she deserved much better. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">A second
horse – also unattended – was unnerved by Smoothie, <b><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/carriage-horse-dies-tree-crash-central-park-article-1.244815" target="_blank">broke free and ran into traffic, </a></b>crashing into a car.<span> </span>The
passengers were not injured but one of the women said that when she saw the
horse coming at them, she was very frightened and thought it was over.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Smoothie
was owned by Cornelius Byrne who was <a href="http://nypost.com/2007/12/14/unbridled-bribery/" target="_blank"><b>arrested just weeks later</b> </a>and <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/doi/downloads/pdf/pr84dca_12132007.pdf" target="_blank"><b>charged
with bribery.</b></a><span><a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/doi/downloads/pdf/pr84dca_12132007.pdf" target="_blank"><b> </b></a> </span>He received a slap on the
wrist but eventually lost his license – apparently only for a short time since he is still in
the business.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">This is a very upsetting photo but we need to bear witness to these kinds of tragedies so it makes <br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">our argument that much stronger. I saw this
particular photo recently for the first time and I was very moved and
saddened.<span> </span>Other photos published at the time showed Smoothie dead on the ground. But this is Smoothie with her
head up, dying, and no one is comforting or petting her in her agony.<span> </span>I cannot imagine loving an animal as the carriage industry claims to do and then to ignore the most basic expression of compassion. Look at the body language of the men
surrounding her – hands on the hips, looking at her with disdain – probably thinking
about the financial loss.<span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span>This is a <a href="http://nypost.com/2007/12/21/send-horse-carriages-to-pasture/" target="_blank"><b>sampling of some letters</b></a><a href="http://nypost.com/2007/12/21/send-horse-carriages-to-pasture/" target="_blank"> </a>published in the NY Post at the time. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Although it
happened seven years ago, this is the type of accident that could happen
tomorrow.<span> </span>It is a horse’s nature to
spook.<span> </span>At 1,500 to 2,000 pounds, when they bolt, they become unwitting weapons and can kill themselves or innocent passersby. They do not belong in the congestion of NYC. Please read <a href="http://www.carriagehorsesnyc.blogspot.com/2014_07_01_archive.html" target="_blank"><b>It's a Safety Issue. </b></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NYC Carriage Drivers Behaving Badly</span></h1>
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They whitewash their license plates; do not pay attention to the
road, make illegal U-turns; leave their horses unattended and pull them
by the bit - and still this tiny (but protected) industry manages to
survive. WHY do these violations matter? Because failure to adhere to
these basic laws—and basic rules of horsemanship—endangers the public
safety.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this is a post on Buzzfeed. <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/banhorsedrawncarriages/nyc-carriage-drivers-behaving-badly-v3sf" target="_blank"><b>Please click here to see it. </b></a></span><br />
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White washed license plate</h2>
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Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages</div>
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Why make it easy to report a violation?</div>
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Parked over a steaming manhole cover</h2>
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no concern for the possibility that
it could EXPLODE! as many have done in Manhattan. Not to mention that it
must be uncomfortable for the horse.</div>
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Mickey Z</div>
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Wrong way on a one-way street</h2>
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Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages</div>
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Seems that the driver forgot his
street map, because he is traveling north-east—illegally—on a street
that goes south-west. Cops? nowhere to be found.</div>
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“Unattended and Untethered”</h2>
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Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages</div>
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perfect recipe for a “spook and
bolt.” If something happened and this horse spooked and bolted into
traffic, his driver would not be able to stop him. This is very
unprofessional and irresponsible behavior.</div>
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This can happen when horses spook!</h2>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dear Council Members: We elect our representatives because we hope that they will make smart, fair, ethical and informed decisions on issues that concern us and our City. We also expect that our elected representatives will not be a mouth piece for any union - especially one that does not play fair – and especially the Teamsters. Any time this happens, they are helping to kill democracy and fair play. It gives the perception of a deal made and it is ugly. The middle class was created because of unions and we support them. However, while unions are strong, the majority of people in NYC do not belong to unions. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">September 10<sup>th</sup> when he allowed the Teamsters and carriage trade to co-opt him and came out against a ban of the inhumane and unsafe carriage trade – something that we – the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages - have been working on since 2006 as a grass roots, all volunteer organization. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Espinal says he has done a lot of research but his arguments are straight from the carriage drivers’ play book – almost the exact words and they are clearly either lies, exaggerations or manipulations of the truth. I do not know why he is doing this. I think it is foolish for a first term council member to play with fire on something he knows little about. I suspect he made a deal with the Teamsters. He is also wrong suggesting that the only committee for such a bill is Consumer Affairs. In the 1990s similar bills were in the Health Committee. It was not until 2007 that it was put in Consumer Affairs. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please read these articles below first and become educated. Know the issue. Also know that the Teamsters’ carriage driver local is not a real union shop. Approximately 150 drivers belong to the union and pay $60 a month dues. Drivers and owners are in the same local. There is no collective bargaining; no medical or vacation benefits; no paid days off. Based on this estimate, the Teamsters get about $108,000, which goes toward their already hefty salaries. Please do not think these are real union jobs. They are not. This is all about bully politics. Any real union member should be ashamed that this is what the Teamsters are fighting for while risking any good relationship they might have with the Mayor. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Mayor deBlasio & the Teamsters</b>: It is also curious that Mayor deBlasio is the first pro union mayor in 20 years and the Teamsters are trying to hurt him on this issue. If they could get him to back off and flip flop, this could work against him in the future and he may not get reelected. Is this what the Teamsters really want or have they even looked ahead and weighed the consequences of their actions.? Are they willing to sacrifice their many members for a tiny group of people - many of whom are not even union members? How quickly they forget that municipal workers went five years without a contract under Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor deBlasio is working through and settling the contracts. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Mayor deBlasio has never wavered:</b> With all the pressure, we are grateful that Mayor deBlasio continues to remain firm on this issue. He has always said he will find other employment for the drivers. An excellent solution is one offered by <b><a href="http://www.andrescarriagetours.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Andres Carriage Tours</a>,</b> which was approved by legislation for Detroit. It involves the same carriages -- just not the horses. We have sanctuaries waiting to help find homes for all the horses if the drivers agree. Instead they are acting like spoiled children wanting their own way, something that all past administrations have given them. Last year I produced a well documented report that revealed a turnover of 529 horses in 7 ½ years. This is not something you will ever see in the Daily News. The link is at the end of this letter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>The Daily News</b> has taken control of this issue spewing outrageous, unchallenged lies about the carriage trade. Why are they doing it? Please do not think they care about the horses or drivers. It is a metaphor for Mayor deBlasio’s progressive agenda, which they despise, and a Mort Zuckerman payback for Christine Quinn’s primary loss and his loss of access to City Hall. <b>We have not been able to get the truth out.</b> I implore you to read these documents below to learn the truth about this business and issue. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you for reading this letter. Please learn about this issue. If anyone is interested in seeing how horses are supposed to live WHILE they enjoy being real horses, I suggest you visit the sanctuaries at Equine Advocates or Catskill Animal Sanctuary about 2-2 1/2 hours from NYC. Equine Advocates is the home of Bobby II Freedom, a former NYC carriage horse we rescued from the kill auction in 2010. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fashion Week
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">what went on behind the scenes...</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fashion
designer Victor deSouza, in an obvious desperate attempt to get noticed, decided
to use models and horse drawn carriages to show off his “designs” – scheduled for
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sponsored by
NYClass, about 80 activists protested – representing many groups – the </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Coalition
to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages, Friends of Animals, PETA and the Animals' Battalion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></div>
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<br />We thought they were trying to get us to go
away and remained until just before 7 PM when activists went one block to Sixth
Avenue where the carriages were converging to load up the models. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This blog by
Donny Moss, is the best representation of what happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://theirturn.net/horse-drawn-carriage-protest/" target="_blank"><b>Activists and Fashion Models Clash in Mid Town<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</b></a></span><br /><br /><br /><b>OK - enough with fashion. </b> I<b>'</b>d like to take a different approach – two things that happened last night that
shed light on the kinds of people in and associated with the carriage trade -- those who exploit horses and do not recognize the wrong they do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> As the seven horse-drawn carriages waited within Central Park for the models to make their entrance, Edita Birnkrant, head of the NYC
office of Friends of Animals, reached over to pet the horse hooked to the carriage of a well known driver, whose wife is the VP of the Carriage Horse
Association.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She noticed him shaking his head and wanted to soothe him</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> He said to her <b>“</b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>Don't you dare touch my horse. That's my PROPERTY. Get your hands <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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off my PROPERTY!”</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /><br /> </span>"Property" I
say?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I thought this was a sentient being - a horse. Yes I know that horses are legally property but we were not in a court room. We were in Central Park. And aren't these the same people who got the Daily News to report on how much they "love" their horses and that they are part of their family? These horses are just like a TV or computer. When they get old, they are discarded too. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This just shows what we knew all along. They objectify their animals. They are "property." They can be sold just like a car; they can sent to an auction and picked up by a kill buyer with no tears lost because "it" is only property. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span> One of our very favorite and most dependable activists is Natasha
Brenner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She, along with her late
husband Noah, had been regulars on the activist front – coming to and actively
supporting the ban carriage horse trade activism, the Defeat Christine Quinn campaign
– among others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Natasha will soon be 93
years old and is an inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although she walks with a cane, she has more
energy and spirit than many people half her age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is always willing to “go.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is simply one of the “guys.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">She
was <a href="http://theirturn.net/camera-crews-shine-spotlight-92-year-old-animal-rights-activist/" target="_blank"><b>recently interviewed on TV</b></a> during our Gracie Mansion demo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Click here. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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do not know the woman in red pictured below.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
involved with the carriage trade and often shows up at City Hall with
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last night she looked at the crowd
and saw Natasha and said <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Look at her – who let her out of the
nursing home?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b>Someone told
Natasha who wanted to know who said it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She immediately went over to the woman and said “<i><b>I’m</b></i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not
in a nursing home” </i></b>to which the woman replied<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“well you should be.”</i></b><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Don’t think this cruel woman got away with saying that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several of us took her to task. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This is what these people are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b>Soulless</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They cannot argue against a ban based on the <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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merits unless they lie about the industry; what a
horse needs; the number of accidents – and then call us names -- criticizing our looks, age, trying to expose any personal information they have on us - about our jobs, employers, loss of a pet. They are cruel. And they are the ones who have the horses. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><br />
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It is childish, mean spirited and low class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> They have also shown themselves to be racists, anti women, anti gay and anti anything that is not them. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I expect that they will send me nasty, threatening, vile anonymous messages because of this blog -- this is how they fight. They tell lies while donning a mask of anonymity. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">IF ONLY THE
MAYOR WOULD VISIT THE STABLES </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He would find
religion and dub the horse carriage trade in NYC hands off and good to go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So says the
carriage trade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In trying to keep the
status quo, they have lied and lied with the Daily News supporting and
elaborating on their fantasies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">West Side Livery stable - has one means of egress</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have
previously addressed the reasons why the Daily News has gone after the Mayor on
this issue – and it is not their love of horses, the drivers or the
industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://carriagehorsesnyc.blogspot.com/2014/03/have-you-been-brainwashed-by-media-in.html" target="_blank"><b>Click here. </b></a></span></span><br />
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In March 2014, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the NYC carriage trade
organized an event at their stables, which included actor Liam Neeson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few Council Members attended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None of them knew what to look for and just
went because they supported the industry anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is quite embarrassing to listen to a particular
Council Member <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or member of the media say
– <i>“the horses look fine – they do not look abused” </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>when that person doesn't have a clue what to
look for in the stable or with the horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Liam Neeson in his “refined” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>way said this about the Mayor:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“He should
have manned up and come.[to the stable] <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m disappointed he's not here."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Excuse me – “manned
up?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a disrespectful thing to say
to our mayor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it is clear that Neeson
was about ready to take to the streets and arm wrestle Mayor deBlasio <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to show he is a macho man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wanted to bully him into going to the
stables but it did not work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Yes - if only the mayor would visit the stables because this is what he could find – and it’s not pretty!:</span></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">STALLS </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– legally the stalls are required to be
60 square feet –and are actually referred to as "standing stalls." This is small but considering the number of horses
the NYC trade has, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it is all the space available at the four stables. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Experts
recommend stalls for standardbreds to be 144 square feet – 12’ x 12; - and
the larger draft breeds should <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>get even more – 196 square
feet – 14’ x 14.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Although the
intake information for NYC carriage horses does not include their breed, from
observation, between 60 to 75% of the horses are draft breeds – these are the sweet
big boys who need lots of space and are not getting it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In no way
are the NYC stalls big enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the
owners get around this duplicity by bait and switch logic, referring to them
as “box stalls,: which sounds better than “standing stalls.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But this refers to a configuration, not
a size.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">West Side Livery at Clip Clop event - note small dirty stall with inadequate bedding </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bottom line is that the existing
stalls are less than half the size of what experts recommend. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">These are articles on this topic by respected sources: </span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.thehorse.com/articles/10366/stall-design" target="_blank"><b> The Horse<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></a></span></div>
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<a href="http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/ub033.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.horsekeeping.com/horse_facilities/horse_stall_size.htm" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Horse stall size and number </span></b></a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clinton Park Stables - notice how small the "legal box stall" is</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">STALL LOCATION</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – the stables are old multi-storied buildings
with stalls mostly on upper floors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
there were a fire on these floors, it would be unlikely that the horses would
get out since the only access <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>or egress is a
steep ramp. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Imagine this –
a staircase connecting two floors; remove the staircase and install a ramp in
its exact place -- it is very steep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes its toll on the horses – especially the
older ones with arthritis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">TURNOUT </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– there is no pasture available in NYC, consequently there is no turnout for the horses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A horse may legally work for nine hours a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he returns to the stable, he is not
turned out but instead is put in his stall until he is taken out the next
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Humane?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>owners cannot provide that for
their horses on a daily basis even for a few hours.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Some articles on the value of turnout for horses: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></i>
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<a href="http://www.ker.com/library/EquineReview/2008/HorseWorld/HW43.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Kentucky Equine Research </span></b></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://horses.about.com/od/horsestablesandsheds/fl/The-Importance-of-Turnout-for-Your-Horse.htm" target="_blank"><b>About Turnout</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>5-WEEK
FURLOUGH</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The drivers thought they would
pull a fast one on everyone by having this added to the 2010 law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how it reads from the RENTAL HORSE
LICENSING AND PROTECTION LAW:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2.
Carriage horses shall receive no less than five weeks of vacation or furlough
every twelve months at a horse stable facility which allows daily access to
paddock or pasture turnout. Proof of such vacation or furlough shall be provided
upon request to the department and/or the ASPCA.</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sounds good
right<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">? </span>But this is what it is missing:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Horses need
daily turnout – this is a given and the NYC horses simply do not get it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Department of Health did not require that a list of such farms be provided to them for approval. Proof of such furlough is simply a signature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Department of Health also did not require that the furlough farms be inspected. It is
not known where the horses go for furlough or the kind of conditions they endure.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Some
of the owners have farms but we believe that many of the ones who don’t, which is most, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>send their horses to the Amish farms with whom
they have relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No Amish farmer
is going to allow a draft horse to hang around eating bon bons while his land
needs to be plowed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The Amish have a work ethic for animals that has made them notorious for animal cruelty and abuse. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We
have heard rumors that many of these horses are sent to the Amish farms to work
in exchange for being able to say that the horse went away for 5 weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">in October<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 2011, the <a href="http://nypost.com/2011/11/02/charlie-horse-had-a-nagging-ulcer/" target="_blank"><b>NY Post published this quote</b></a> by former ASPCA equine veterinarian </span>- Pamela Corey: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <i> Dr. Corey, the director of equine veterinary services of the ASPCA’s
humane law-enforcement department, said, “<b>We have observed some horses
returning to New York City after furloughs on a farm in worse condition
than when they left.”</b> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> This was never investigated. All of those who could have done something about this turned the other way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This industry
must come to an end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a blight on
NYC’s honor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It celebrates greed. </span>Unfortunately the Mayor has
allowed the Daily News, backed by the Teamsters and Working Families Party, to
control the dialogue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the media
have followed the Daily News and the truth has not gotten out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>Well <i><span style="font-size: large;">this</span></i> is
the truth about the stables, stalls and furloughs.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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writing. One of the "top three tourist attractions ?" </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;">Look at any site - check this one out as an example. <a href="http://www.nyctourist.com/topten_alltime.htm" target="_blank"><b>NY C Tourist</b></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;">These are the top tourist attractions in NYC and you will not see the horse-drawn carriages listed. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Top of the Rock; Natural History
Museum; Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum.
Museum of Modern Art; Sea Air Space Museum; Central Park Zoo; Empire
State Building, Rockefeller Center; Liberty Island, Ripley's Believe It or Not;
Madam Tussuad's Museum; FAO Schwartz; Ground Zero; Citi Field; Carnegie Hall; Lincoln
Center; Cooper Hewitt Design Museum; Times Square </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scroll down the NYC Tourist page to see "The Most Famous New York Attractions." </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is what it says about Central park and there is nothing about the carriage horses. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>"Central Park: the biggest and most beautiful park in New York City is Central Park NY. Spanning 843 acres and offering tons of things to do in NYC for tourists - including the famous Central Park Carousel and the Wollman ice Skating Rink - Central Park is the perfect way to take a break from the hustle and bustle of New York City." </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;"> 2. The WFP claims that the industry generates millions of dollars. Talk is cheap. They need to prove
this and show us the tax returns for these many small businesses - both from owners and individual drivers. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;">It is a cash only business and it is doubtful that the workers report what they earn. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;"> When an industry is said to </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1px;">generate</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;"> so much in revenue, the implication is that they are paying income taxes to the City of NY based on </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1px;">that</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;"> revenue. In this case it is just rhetoric to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;"> make the industry sound viable. Until the WFP, the Teamsters or the carriage trade itself can prove how much they pay in taxes, along with reliable audited statements, they are just whistling
in the wind and making it up as you go along. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;">3. The WFP claims that the
legislation passed in 2010 brought significant improvements to the
lives of workers while formalizing best practices for working with horses. They failed to explain </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;">what "best practices for working with horses” is. I guess they thought it sounded good on paper. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 2010 law required that horses get a 5-week furlough each year. The problem with this is that the Department of
Health (DoH) failed to require a list of the farms where the horses go; nor did they did require inspections. A former ASPCA veterinarian was quoted in the
<a href="http://nypost.com/2011/11/02/charlie-horse-had-a-nagging-ulcer/" target="_blank"><b>NY Post in October 2011</b></a>: "<i>Dr. Corey, the director of equine veterinary services of the ASPCA's </i><i>Dr. Corey, the director of equine veterinary services of the ASPCA’s
humane law-enforcement department, said, “We have observed some horses
returning to New York City after furloughs on a farm in worse condition
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We have heard from several sources that some of those horses are sent to farms
to work for the Amish farmers in exchange for the drivers being able to report to the Department of
Health that the horses actually went on furlough. There is no way to prove it because the DoH
does no oversight. The DoH continues to look the other way. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And of course it goes without saying to anyone who truly knows and cares about horses that they need <b>daily turnout to pasture</b> -- something that is not available for them in NYC. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yes, the drivers may have increased their income by about 45%, but the horses' stall increased in size only by 2 feet. </span></span></div>
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<i>"Adored by their owners." </i> Just because the WFP puts this in writing to the City Council does not make
it true. I do not see any evidence of these horses being
"adored." If they were, there would not be such a <a href="http://banhdc.org/whatwillhap.shtml" target="_blank"><b>huge turnover of horses </b></a>in this trade - about 71 per year or a third of the horses
working. That is a huge number. Because there is no concerted
effort to place all of these horses -- as we would do - we believe that many
are laundered through the Amish on their way to the kill auctions and then go on to Canada or Mexico to be slaughtered for food. The existing
law, which was endorsed by the carriage trade, requires sales
records be submitted to the Department of Health only if the horse is sold within
NYC. But if a horse is sold outside the city as most are - the only thing
required is to notify the DoH that the horse is no longer working. These
horses are out of site out of mind. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;">The Department of Health has been </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1px;">complicit</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;"> in all of these new and old regulations and appears to be a willing partner, </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1px;">resistant</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;"> to making humane changes for the horses. </span></span></span></div>
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that the horses get </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;">multiple</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;">breaks
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This is not correct.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;">Although the law
requires that the horses get a 15 minute break every two hours, there is no one
in authority to enforce this law.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;"> The ASPCA stopped doing law humane law enforcement in January 2014, turning it over to the NYPD. The latter - from our experience with street cops - does not know the many </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1px;">regulations</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1px;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;"> therefore does not enforce them. Again -- no thanks to the Department of Health. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;">During
the holiday season, the horses are worked non stop with no breaks.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;">If there is a choice between giving a customer a ride for money or giving the exhausted horse a break - the money will win every time. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt;">As for the claim that the stables have "more than adequate space" - this is also not correct. Experts recommend stalls be a minimum of 144 square feet for standardbred horses and even more for drafts as most of the carriage horses are. Instead, the stalls can legally be 60 square feet - less than half what they should be. This is like cramming a 15 pound cat into a child's shoe box. </span></span></span></div>
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gives in to the demands of the Working Families Party and the Teamsters, he
will be as good as mush. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;">He will have lost his backbone and many people will
see him as an emasculated loser who does not keep his word -- a typical politician who cannot be trusted. This will help to erode public trust in the political process. He will become ineffective - nothing more than a puppet of the unions and WFP. He will be
putty in their hands and will lose his bid for reelection. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;">One wonders why these organizations are so dense as not to see this - or
is it all contrived and they actually have their eyes on another candidate
for mayor in 2017 and want to continue the chipping away of Mayor
deBlasio that their partner in crime - the NY Daily News - started. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;">We hope Mayor deBlasio continues to be his own person and stands strong. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">July 2014 -- The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages is sponsoring a new ad, that targets</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> city officials and asks if they are willing to gamble with people's lives considering that humans have been killed in accidents involving carriage horses. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The ad can be seen in
City & State, <span style="color: black;">a publication that reaches
government officials--decision makers who are responsible for public
safety. <a href="http://issuu.com/cityandstate/docs/cs_07212014_all" target="_blank"><b>See P. 10 </b></a></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In the<span style="color: black;"> debate on whether or not to ban horse-drawn carriages, the</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> media
and politicians have lost sight </span>of a fundamental truth. The </span>very nature of a horse makes this majestic animal unsuitable to work on the
crowded streets of NYC because they are serious accidents waiting to happen. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Although
gentle by nature, at 1,500 to 2,000 pounds, they can become uncontrollable,
unwitting weapons when spooked. As prey animals, their nature is to respond to
upsetting stimuli in a fight or flight manner. Horses are predictably
unpredictable and there is no such thing as a "bomb proof" horse.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Many of
the NYC horse spooking accidents have come close to leaving dead people in
their wake. There have been serious human injuries, including a few carriage
drivers who were hospitalized in a coma. And of course, horses have died and been seriously injured in spooking accidents - but this does not seem to have convinced politicians that the industry needs to be shut down. </span></span></div>
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can happen to even the best-trained and well-mannered horse... there is no such
thing as an unspookable horse, nor can the average driver control the horse
once he bolts.'</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">' said international horse expert and equine veterinarian, Holly Cheever D.V.M.<i>
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A
few years ago, a carriage driver was trying to make an illegal u-turn with his
horse, Oreo, on Central Park South. <b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001fkVDOPPJOrN70pAu1oVdwd1S0cDuZYoMEtG6mFHdnD3S-IDdZqEoTPquff6v2vMScXjBF11td9d-H7tWXASWzN5iuMWgvh-OZLHUF6qhN9cgywvRdiQ99Uhe_xSRPBJ_D2n-Ea44odR7qAur__S4hG7rwj5GCM3P3jxWBzNafS9uEoZOPeRdLtnlqgpfWs7o" target="_blank">Oreo spooked</a> </b>when he encountered a big truck rumbling
up the avenue. He bolted into traffic, lost his driver and ran up on the sidewalk
- narrowly missing pedestrians. He continued to run down the street to 11th
Avenue. That - as with <b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001fkVDOPPJOrN70pAu1oVdwd1S0cDuZYoMEtG6mFHdnD3S-IDdZqEoTPquff6v2vMScXjBF11td9eK6J6zcOrDh3Iq15WREmIO_NB29dGN3C6f6bf4uhz7ypjgYoDNuNcsVFZh7k3VBA21Zuq9i3exjiiQzghdcRKTJNFQjkvkhY9CtTltE5-b66gDNAchaAUww2rxBmRaKsy1uXixWYqm9K-7Bw27k2I7" target="_blank">Pumpkin, a recent accident </a></b>- was a close call. </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">When an out of control powerful horse comes running at you, he
is not saying <b><i>"excuse me, excuse me, sir, coming through."</i> </b>No
- he is frantic and just wants to hot tail it away from the source of fear. He
will trample you if you are in his way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <b>For city officials to continue to
allow this to happen is a huge mistake and very irresponsible. </b></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
2010, in <b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001fkVDOPPJOrN70pAu1oVdwd1S0cDuZYoMEtG6mFHdnD3S-IDdZqEoTPquff6v2vMScXjBF11td9cnYXccDAiR3GZ4CUqi-S6W-fVyPPHruOEt2rGhEZEQs43g6Hwyi56svSsG8-Sf57sjoiP3eJserecGpBw8hBc1SMj_kVXfiE505rpJOB2xKTsN1lSukq1TDQBjYc6LrAbAaHjwE4y-Jw==" target="_blank">Salzburg, Austria,</a> </b>a French tourist was knocked down
and trampled by a runaway carriage horse who spooked and bolted. She died from
her injuries. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In 2007, there were two incidents each involving 5-year old girls
and carriage horses that ended badly. In <b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001fkVDOPPJOrN70pAu1oVdwd1S0cDuZYoMEtG6mFHdnD3S-IDdZqEoTPquff6v2vMScXjBF11td9fDtaFWfN5eERECGpdg7fBlSKb-9xW1sOiMqOPTU4tVxKNTL87mA73kq6F0Sh-0K2__4UFoInJzAo8H2vnR5zues8Xk_z4sCVPGAILZEHRcr6pwEu188-EAUCbupxncf0bz-DFXWAsM8jiRHCm6V4EA" target="_blank">Tucson, little Brielle</a></b> was sitting on a horse in a
parade when several carriage horses behind her spooked. She was knocked from
her horse and trampled to death. Later that year in <b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001fkVDOPPJOrN70pAu1oVdwd1S0cDuZYoMEtG6mFHdnD3S-IDdZqEoTPquff6v2vMScXjBF11td9eJBM6-nYcerGfWjeRQi67-FFJ28ckSwszll3aCkMmqGTzKd7TlotemkeUwHoAw_h7MADnQszrM8w==" target="_blank">St. Petersburg, Russia</a></b>, another young girl fell from a
carriage and was killed when the horse spooked and bolted. </span></span><br />
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noteworthy accidents: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001fkVDOPPJOrN70pAu1oVdwd1S0cDuZYoMEtG6mFHdnD3S-IDdZqEoTPquff6v2vMScXjBF11td9ezVJrSuxafgyU3ySad4QZsTbDWDfcSoW-oBkoKOEKRVy1HIaNB9XVEM-dPUbtUV6y8kP6GAqH3bQ==" target="_blank">In 2012, in the UK</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> , a Swiss tourist fell from a
carriage after the horse spooked and bolted, and died from her injuries.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001fkVDOPPJOrN70pAu1oVdwd1S0cDuZYoMEtG6mFHdnD3S-IDdZqEoTPquff6v2vMScXjBF11td9f6tu21c3H-96ERfaQV8BkDJW0W2x1Grm88YJRu12efMvBtpv-st58pWDAO-RK29hh3ZflALQV7TwCjPhYmyjbDE6t45fAYzmw=" target="_blank">Iowa - In 2010,</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> horses spooked in a parade and ran into
the crowd, trampling and injuring 24 people - some seriously and killing a
woman passenger who was thrown from the buggy. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This is</span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#sent/147545809f4c480f?projector=1" target="_blank">PETA'S list of accidents </a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">around the world: </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001fkVDOPPJOrN70pAu1oVdwd1S0cDuZYoMEtG6mFHdnD3S-IDdZqEoTPquff6v2vMScXjBF11td9ekfS97zBhk9FYcYI9cflbZ_-q9LkRjRI8yz3cBGkQzxs-jxRSA88RfVuCiabjg2Mg=" target="_blank">Animal Aid</a></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">, is an animal rights group in the UK that
has been working on this issue for years. They report that: <i>There are numerous documented
cases of both animal and human injuries, sometimes fatal, after carriage horses
have become 'spooked'. A US survey of national carriage horse accidents
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">85% of all accidents were the
result of an animal spooking </span></span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">70% of the time there was a human
injury</span></span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">22% of the time there was a human
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