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New York City Council Will Weigh Ban On Horse-Drawn Carriages ( Follow the money )
npr ^ | December 08, 2014 | Bill Chappell

Posted on 12/08/2014 5:16:53 PM PST by george76

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's bill to ban horse-drawn carriages reached the City Council on Monday, in a move to phase out the carriages that often give tours around Central Park.

The legislation says that as of June 1, 2016, "it shall be unlawful to operate a horse-drawn vehicle in the city of New York or offer rides to the public on a vehicle drawn or pulled by a carriage horse."

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It also boosts the penalty for breaking horse-carriage rules to a maximum of $25,000 instead of the current $500.

The proposed ban was introduced one day after the editorial board of The New York Times urged, "Dump the bill. Keep the horses." ..

"Why eliminate an entire class of Teamsters union jobs? How will the horses escape slaughter? What will happen to the stables, on coveted property on the West Side of Manhattan? (Not for nothing do people wonder why the force behind NYClass, the group pushing the anticarriage crusade, is a real estate developer, Stephen Nislick.) And does this have anything to do with the $1 million ad campaign financed by NYClass to eliminate Mr. de Blasio's main rival in the primary, then-Council Speaker (and carriage defender) Christine Quinn? Why are no advocates talking about getting rid of Police Department horses, which have tougher jobs than carriage horses?"

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two Quinnipiac University polls taken this year have found more than 60 percent of New York voters don't want the horse-drawn carriages to be banned.

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


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To: Rebel_Ace

Winner!


21 posted on 12/08/2014 6:10:39 PM PST by Bratch
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To: george76

NY City pols just testing the waters to see how much more money they can extort from carriage operators.


22 posted on 12/08/2014 6:13:05 PM PST by Iron Munro (D.H.S. has the same headcount as the US Marine Corps with twice the budget)
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To: george76

leftist cronyism at work


23 posted on 12/08/2014 6:36:38 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: george76

Could somebody please explain to me just exactly what is this dimwit mayor’s problem with the horse-drawn carridges?


24 posted on 12/08/2014 6:48:43 PM PST by Jean2 (ox)
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To: Jean2

Someone wants the land where the horses are stabled. He has added a million of his own dollars to get rid of the stables, and develop the land. He is a crook.


25 posted on 12/08/2014 7:06:17 PM PST by healy61
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To: Jean2

The bad guy in this drama, according to the carriage drivers, is Steve Nislick, chief executive officer of a New Jersey-based real-estate development company, Edison Properties.

Currently, the stables consist of 64,000 square feet of valuable real estate on lots that could accomodate up to 150,000 square feet of development. These lots could be sold for new development

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3108939/posts

Could This Be the Real Reason the New NYC Mayor Vowed to Ban Horse Carriages in NYC?.

A major de Blasio campaign donor and real-estate executive

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3109418/posts


26 posted on 12/08/2014 7:08:06 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Ju$t DiBla$io tran$ferring the real e$tate the livery $table $its on to hi$ friend$.


27 posted on 12/08/2014 7:14:49 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: george76
These horses will go to slaughter if they lose their "jobs."

Most horses like the routine of doing something. Hauling a light carriage is not serious work for a 1200 pound horse, so do not imagine that they are suffering. 100 years ago, when most urban transport of goods moved by horse power, draft horses did suffer; they pulled heavy loads in all weather, and slipped and fell onto the pavement when the streets were icy. They had hard lives. But the carriage horses always look to be in great condition, and they are hardly worked at all.
28 posted on 12/08/2014 7:48:27 PM PST by Nepeta
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To: Pollster1

New Yorkers that voted for him are getting what they deserve. I don’t feel sorry for them at all. Wonder how many of the drivers of the buggies voted for DeBlassio? I hate to see them lose their jobs.


29 posted on 12/08/2014 7:59:09 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: Gamecock

Ban Beefaroni!


30 posted on 12/08/2014 9:18:50 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: healy61

A crooked Politian; what a surprise! sarc/


31 posted on 12/09/2014 8:02:07 AM PST by Jean2 (ox)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks george76.


32 posted on 12/09/2014 1:57:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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33 posted on 12/09/2014 2:12:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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