Sentences with phrase «many carriage drivers»

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

«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.»

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

How many horse carriage drivers?

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

Christina Hansen, a spokeswoman for the horse carriage drivers, in turn accused NYCLASS and other groups of lying about carriage horses — but said that as people learn more about the carriage horse industry through continued coverage of the issue, New Yorkers are showing carriage drivers «more support than ever.»

But it has put him in opposition to several groups that are normally allies of the mayor — including the politically powerful and influential Teamsters and the Working Families Party, which have backed the horse carriage drivers.

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.

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.

Mr. Roberts mentioned further details that will impact how receptive the horse carriage drivers can be expected to be about losing their livelihoods in exchange for a green medallion.

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.

We look at some of his past statements and discussions with the advocacy group NYCLASS, carriage drivers and reporters.

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

In an effort to fulfill that promise, he has worked out a compromise with City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and the Teamsters (who represent the horse carriage drivers) to shrink the number of horse carriages and house them in a more spacious stables in Central Park.

«Three hundred carriage drivers — men and women who have devoted their lives to caring for horses — will be unemployed if this bill is passed.»

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.

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

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.

«Being a horse carriage driver is not transferrable to being a cab driver or a bus driver or a train driver.

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.

«I completely disagree with it,» said Ian McKeever, a carriage driver in the Teamsters Union, which has been fighting with the mayor to protect the industry and its 230 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.

Over the holiday weekend, Mayor Bill de Blasio, the union representing horse carriage drivers and the City Council announced they had finally reached a deal to downsize the industry.

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.

According to the release, Espinal will appear at the press conference with Demos Demopoulos, president of Teamsters Local 553, and Steve Malone, a carriage driver who has served as a spokesman for the carriage drivers.

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

«These guys treat these horses like their children,» Neeson said of the carriage drivers and horse owners.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council announced a deal «in concept» late on Sunday evening that would severely downsize the horse carriage industry in the city and confine it to Central Park, after weeks of intense of negotiation between the mayor, the City Council and the union representing the carriage drivers.

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.

The union representing the carriage drivers, Teamsters Local 553, has received support from the city's Municipal Labor Council as well as from Vinny Alvarez, president of the New York City Central Labor Council, and the Working Families Party.

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

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.

While their business will be limited to the park, carriage drivers will be able to charge $ 5 extra for trips between November 15 and January 5, and on Easter and Valentine's Day.