carriage horses of Central Park South

They are quaint, gilded, adorned with plastic flowers and lend a pungent aroma to Central Park South. Tourists happily fork out $50 a time for them. But Bill de Blasio, New York’s mayor, wants carriage horses off the city streets. At his request two councilmen introduced legislation on December 8th to ban the city’s horse-carriage trade. Animal-rights supporters are happy, but the drivers are furious http://econ.st/1BiCnEk