Sentences with phrase «carriage driver jobs»

But several aspects of the plan — including the use of $ 25 million in taxpayer money to turn public property into a stable for the private carriage industry, the move to curtail the pedicab industry, the loss of carriage driver jobs and the resulting shuttering the current stables on the West Side — have aroused considerable opposition from various corners, most recently from 68 owners of horse carriage medallions, who blasted their union for agreeing to the deal.

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New employees at Virgin Trains learn about their jobs in a real carriage that has been decommissioned — it even includes a catering car and a train driver's cab.

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.

Adding that it «would be wrong to deprive the drivers of their beloved horses and livelihood, and to deprive New York City of the quality jobs and the character that these horse - drawn carriages contribute,» she aimed her fire at NYCLASS.

Those in favor of the ban emphasized the bill would include efforts to find the drivers new jobs — including offering them green cab medallions, and including plans for job training and the introduction of potential replacements for the carriages.

Pedicab drivers, for their part, held a protest at City Hall accusing de Blasio of sacrificing them and their jobs as a concession to carriage drivers in his effort to deliver on a campaign promise to a group that helped bankroll an attack campaign against one of his rivals in the mayoral race.

The union representing the carriage drivers is vehemently opposed to the ban and council members want to ensure there are no jobs lost if the carriages disappear.

On the other, there were Mr. de Blasio's typical allies in the world of organized labor, who represent the carriage drivers and the jobs they might have lost if the industry had been banned completely.