Sentences with phrase «carriage drivers»

But the deal collapsed after the union representing carriage drivers came out against it, and the council never took up the issue.

And the city would cover the cost of certain green - taxi licensing fees for carriage drivers who are eligible.

But a vocal group of carriage drivers has fought to preserve the industry, which is popular with tourists, and the administration has yet to act on the mayor's promise.

However, the cover doesn't apply to goods carriage driver if he is not the owner.

Animal rights advocates, pedicab drivers, and horse carriage drivers dressed in top hat and cape garb filled the City Council chambers.

As evidenced by the hateful, bigoted carriage driver in the video, everything about this industry is stuck in the 19th century.

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.

The bill, a de Blasio administration initiative, will offer displaced carriage drivers free green taxi medallions on the condition that they purchase handicapped - accessible cabs.

News broke late Sunday night that Mr. de Blasio was pushing legislation that would ban the industry, which animal rights activists say harms horses, and offer displaced carriage drivers free green taxi medallions on the condition that they purchase handicapped - accessible cabs.

«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.»

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.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration doesn't know how many carriage drivers will lose their jobs thanks to his plan to downsize the industry.

We look forward to working together on the final details of this legislation and getting this passed,» said a joint statement from de Blasio, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Teamsters officials George Miranda and Demos Demopoulos as well as carriage driver Stephen Malone.

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.

«It's a punishment bill,» carriage driver Christina Hansen said.

The horse carriage drivers do have a bit of star power on their side, though — actor Liam Neeson has been a vocal defender of the industry.

Carriage drivers passed out English and Spanish - language fliers in Mr. Dromm's Jackson Heights district calling out Mr. Dromm for attacking an industry that employs many immigrants and less - educated workers.

Also at 11 a.m., the horse carriage drivers hold a press conference, inside the Westside Livery Stables at 538 West 38th streets, Manhattan.

It's unclear how the current taxi fleet, already under pressure from app - based competitors that they consider essentially rogue taxi companies, will feel about carriage drivers being jumped to the front of the green taxi medallion line.

According to a union source, the Teamsters» Joint Council 16 will continue to meet with individual council members, and will employ carriage drivers to appeal to the politicians.

Brooklyn Democrat Rafael Espinal, who chairs the Consumer Affairs Committee, said he «will continue to work to make sure [carriage drivers] can keep their jobs.»

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.

Carriage drivers from the Teamsters union struck back against Queens Councilman Danny Dromm today, rallying in his district against a proposed ban on horse - drawn carriages that the lawmaker enthusiastically endorses.

(NYCLASS has claimed that carriage drivers uttered «hate speech» in the past.)

He will join carriage drivers and animal caretakers at the Clinton Park Stables on W. 52nd St. to showcase how the horses are treated.

Taylor claimed that horse carriage drivers make U-turns on Central Park South and are not ticketed, despite the fact that motorists get ticketed for behaving similarly.

A horse drawn carriage driver waits for customers outside of Central Park.

The mayor has made a few half - hearted gestures at following through on his promise, but the Council has mostly shown it's not interested putting 350 unionized carriage drivers out to pasture.

ON 22 APRIL 1891, a 52 - year - old carriage driver in the city of Stockholm swallowed the contents of a bottle of prescription opium pills.

Christina Hansen and Stephen Malone represent the community of working class carriage drivers, who fight a battle...

Most carriage drivers sand off these numbers to ensure the horses being sold to slaughterhouses are never connected back to the booming tourism enterprise.

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.

The arrangement had many detractors, including a large number of carriage drivers and some other labor unions.

A tour horse and carriage driver in Philadelphia told us that Betsy Ross grew marijuana right in front of her house mixed with the tomatoes.

July 16, 2012 The Honorable Christine Quinn New York City Council Speaker Dear Speaker Quinn: I'm writing to ask that you shift your position on the city's horse - drawn carriage problem, not just because of the danger and the cruelty endured by the horses in midtown traffic but also because of the aggressive homophobia exhibited by carriage drivers.

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

According to the source, the mayor plans to offer displaced carriage drivers free green taxi medallions on the condition that they purchase handicapped - accessible cabs.

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.»

And yes, those carriage drivers in Savanna and Charleston — two of the most educational experiences of my life

They once went to Central Park and hired a carriage driver, for $ 250 an hour, to drive them all over New York, all the way back to the Lower East Side, where horse - drawn - carriages weren't supposed to go.

Our horse & carriage driver (the groomsman?)

This blog and EB's blog before this one have been treated to the psychotic ravings and threats of the carriage drivers when anyone dares to criticize them.

The carriage drivers are a disgrace to educated, hard working, and successful Irish - Americans.

NYCLASS, at least so far, has also met its match in the Teamsters union, representing the carriage drivers, and the Daily News, which has blasted the group in scathing editorials and launched a petition drive to keep the horses in Manhattan.

Ms. Anderson is launching a new ad campaign with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in support of the arrangement, which the mayor forged with Council Speaker (and X-Phile) Melissa Mark - Viverito and the Teamsters union that represents the carriage drivers.

While NYCLASS, short for New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets, has long maintained horses are subject to abuse and injury when pulling carriages through congested city streets, the labor union representing the roughly 300 carriage drivers who would lose their jobs has organized an effective counter-attack.

Tomorrow morning, carriage drivers will be handing out fliers at the Jackson Heights / Roosevelt Avenue train stop in Councilman Danny Dromm's district, and the 168th Street station in Ydanis Rodriguez's district in upper Manhattan.

As any animal lover will tell you, the carriage drivers you support spew hate when anyone expresses concern for the horses they force to work in all weather extremes, and during Pride weekend it was captured on video.

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.