Sentences with phrase «by carriage drivers»

«I appreciate the vocal conversation that this issue has generated, but the more I study this issue, the more clear it is to me that the carriage horses are well - treated, in most cases by carriage drivers who grew up with horses on farms.»

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Off topic questions included city enforcement efforts around Airbnb and Airbnb's hiring of de Blasio's campaign manager, why a proposed ban on carriage horses has taken far longer than initially promised by the mayor, Tim Wu's comments on the mayor's central role on defeating Wu and Zephyr Teachout in Tuesday's primary, revised statistics on NYPD chokehold incidents, charter school co-locations, the mayor's lack of a federal security clearance and resulting inability to receive classified information, school bus drivers movement toward a strike, his relationship with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and his efforts to help elect a Democratic majority in the state senate.

A deal wrangled by de Blasio — who famously vowed to ban the buggy rides his first week on the job — collapsed early last year after the union representing carriage drivers yanked their support.

The fliers hit the lawmakers for siding with «animal extremists» and include pictures of horse - carriage drivers whose «livelihood» is jeopardized by the ban.

Horse - carriage drivers are represented by Teamsters Joint Council 16, which is a member of the W.F.P., and recently proposed a list of compromises to the administration.

The postcard effort — a spokesman said there are 7,000 signed by NYCLASS supporters — is part of an ongoing process to wrangle the votes needed to pass the carriage - banning legislation, which is opposed by the labor union representing the carriage drivers.

De Blasio was also heckled by a handful of horse - carriage drivers who oppose his effort to ban the industry.

Some 300 drivers are currently employed by the carriage horse industry.

The Offences Against the Person Act of 1861 carries a section on «drivers of carriages injuring persons by furious driving».

UPDATE: George Miranda, president of Teamsters Joint Council 16, which represents horse carriage drivers, said in a statement this morning that the de Blasio administration's bill to stop horse carriage rides by 2016 was done without input from the union, but that he and the members are «open to continued dialogue and discussion with the administration so we can find a solution that keeps the horses and drivers in Central Park.»

Ms. Lynch, supported by the Teamsters and other unions, said she also disagreed with the mayor's plan to ban the organized horse carriage drivers who give tours of Central Park and the surrounding area.

It automatically applies the brakes if a train passes a red light, it slows speeding trains, and it prevents a driver accelerating away from a section of track covered by a temporary speed limit until the last carriage is clear.

A few people in the crowd placed hands across their chests as I walked by and I recognized faces: Mr. Porter, the young carriage driver whose son always had a runny nose; Mrs. Whittaker, her cabbage cheeks ballooned in talk; little Frances Gilbert, Lizzie's least - favorite Sunday school pupil, scratching up her wild hair, her squirrel eyes gazing at the house.

When a carriage horse is too old, or too lame to work, they are auctioned off by their drivers.

You will enjoy your own classic Victoria Phaeton Carriage drawn by an elegant white horse with uniformed driver.