Sentences with phrase «carriage drivers called»
Carriage drivers called a press conference at the West Side stables asking the city to include a guarantee in the plan that the stables will be completed before they are required to move the horses.
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That pits the Council against Teamsters Joint Council 16, which represents the horse - carriage drivers and is supporting the de Blasio plan, which not only calls for shrinking the horse carriage industry and moving it to Central Park, but also banning pedicabs from the park's southern, tourist - heavy precincts.
Along with Nislick's and Neu's direct contributions to de Blasio's campaign, both they and NYCLASS funded a PAC called New York City is Not for Sale, which, in turn, underwrote ads attacking Christine Quinn, who defends the carriage drivers, and who was at the time considered to be the Democratic front - runner.
The plan also calls for restricting pedicabs from operating below 85th Street, severely downsizing the ground pedicabs are allowed to operate on and essentially freeing up the most popular parts of the park for the carriage horse drivers.