Sentences with phrase «carriage horses»

«NYCLASS applauds the mayor's commitment to end the unsafe, abusive and inhumane carriage horse industry in New York City.

The Council may also consider divisive proposals to put a fee on plastic bags, ban carriage horses in Central Park and perhaps grant voting rights to noncitizens.

An animal welfare group that has been lobbying Mayor Bill de Blasio to ban carriage horses from city streets confirmed Friday that it had received a subpoena from federal prosecutors seeking documents related to its fundraising efforts for a nonprofit group created to advance the mayor's policy agenda.

The limestone - fronted Emily Roth building is a testament to the resilience of Old World charm, thanks to tasseled damask curtains, a brigade of carriage horses on hand for romantic sunset rides through the park, and loaner Burberry trench coats for blustery days.

The city's tabloids have occasionally pounded the de Blasio administration for their pet causes (who knew carriage horse drivers had so many friends?).

If there is a ban on carriage horses in NYC and a replacement is needed, I have seen one possible alternative:

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to act soon on two of his undelivered promises: banning carriage horses from Central Park and expanding the city's living - wage law.

Today's urban setting is different, sure, but NYC carriage horses work in and around a park, not the mean streets of the city.

This incident draws attention to the deplorable work and living conditions for carriage horses in the city of Montreal, something the general public is not necessarily aware of.

Wasn't even getting phone calls returned from her office because the problem of tourism and NYC and the excitement of the Central Park carriage horses had put the speaker squarely on the other side.

Cindy Adams successfully intervened on behalf of carriage horses with NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

Here I have to say that carriage horses working in NYC have nothing to do with endangered species being raised and kept by someone with psychological issues, or with the exotic species trade at all.

«Can you attribute their deaths to their working as carriage horses?»

Another thing, she's been really outspoken about cruelty toward carriage horses and those carriage owners are a thuggish bunch.

This bill would also allow carriage horses to operate without any oversight and be subjected to uncountable abuses.

De Blasio has appeared at rallies with NYCLASS and, on Sunday, coincidentally announced an upcoming fundraiser via Twitter touting his stance against carriage horses.

The horse - hoof houses, another surrealist part - object, make reference to Dead Horse Bay, an area of South Brooklyn where the bones of dead carriage horses would be ground and boiled down to make glue.

Five days after an unfurling umbrella spooked him into bolting across Central Park West with a buggy full of terrified Texans, Arthur the skittish carriage horse has «retired» to the country — where he's still kicking up a cloud of controversy.

In 2011, there have been seven carriage horse incidents investigated by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which regulates the -LSB-...]

The new deal would keep the existing number of carriage horses at 196, and animals would only be allowed to trot into traffic to and from their four stables, which would be enlarged from about 7 - by - 10 to the same 12 - by - 10 size for the NYPD Mounted Unit.

This is just to say this month the ASPCA was grateful that New York's City Council passed regulations requiring carriage horses to have larger stalls, five weeks off per year and blankets in cold and wet weather.

(Despite Mr. Dromm's assurances, polls by Quinnipiac University have found most New Yorkers do not want carriage horses banned.)

Animal rights group NYCLASS expects a new bill early next year to ban carriage horses outside of Central Park, and criticized outgoing NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito as «ineffective» since she and the mayor failed to pass an outright ban.

Nor, for that matter, do city officials know how much they plan to spend housing carriage horses in a city - owned building in Central Park.

A long contemplated New York City ban on carriage horses returned to center stage Tuesday, following news of a proposed city council bill.

Here is the full discussion around carriage horses.

The speaker's comments came two days after Mayor de Blasio announced plans to limit carriage horses to Central Park and house them in the new stables.

The conservancy, an influential nonprofit that oversees the park's operations, has not taken a public position on relocating carriage horses to new stables near the 85th Street transverse.

After a compromise deal to keep carriage horses in Central Park fell apart this morning, animal rights activists who have been trying to ban the industry for years placed the blame squarely on Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

In one of their most genial comedies — based on a Damon Runyon story — Bud Abbott and Lou Costello have to help one friend (Cecil Kellaway) replace his beloved carriage horse, and another friend (Leightno Noble) put together a US Army camp show.

Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well - born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse.

In fact, MTC mysteriously abandoned its enforcement responsibilities regarding carriage horses altogether later that year, spurring ALDF & START's lawsuit.

In the United States, Dalmatians are also known as Fireman's dogs as it was a common sight to see them running alongside carriage horses that powered the fire vehicles in times of old.

Prohibits laws, ordinances and rules that would restrict animal acts and carriage horse operations.

A BILL THAT COULD HAVE HELPED: In 2011, the Coalition to Ban Horse - Drawn Carriages asked Council Member Melissa Mark Viverito to sponsor a bill, Intro 670, that would require that carriage horse owners abide by certain rules when selling their horses — i.e. to be accountable for the horses» fate.

Examples include carriage horses, service and guide dogs, police, bomb - sniffing and drug detection dogs, among others.

In Central Park White Carriage Horse (oil on canvas, 2015) any horizon is completely covered, with the artist using bold gestural brush strokes to create a wall of green that firmly establishes the work's visual boundaries.

If elected, as Mayor of Montreal, would you consider reducing or eliminating permits for carriage horses in the downtown / old Montreal core

CONGRATULATIONS to the ASPCA and Council Speaker Christine Quinn for winning certain points in easing conditions for the Central Park carriage horses.

The mayor has also rejected suggestions that his unwavering pledge to remove carriage horses from city streets was being driven by Nyclass.

When Sara Whalen founded Pets Alive it was one of the only sanctuaries that rescued retired NYC Carriage horses.

Malliotakis fielded a wide range of press questions, covering her candidacy and prospects and rival Paul Massey, City policing and crime, her recent condemnation of Linda Sarsour, the American Health Care Act, Mayor de Blasio and her position on continuing to allow carriage horses to operate.

«While this new Mayor is now free to focus on carriage horses and beyond, he should look back in recent memory when more responsible Mayors took terrorism and security more seriously.

2017 could be a rough ride for Mayor de Blasio as animal rights activists saddle up for a renewed campaign to end the use of carriage horses in Central Park.