City Council legislation designed to outlaw the horse carriage industry in New York City has failed to garner support after more than a year of advocacy and a slew of infamous incidents, prompting on Wednesday heavy criticism from the bill’s sponsors and equine advocates.
The legislation sought to replace the decades-old carriage industry — whose critics charge is antiquated and rife with abuses that exploit and even kill horses — with electric antique vehicles to chauffeur New Yorkers and tourists around Central Park and other Manhattan hotspots.
