NEWSMAX: Most New Yorkers don’t agree with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s drive to ban horse-drawn carriages from the city – and they don’t like his tax-the-rich plan for universal pre-kindergarten either, a poll showed Wednesday.
A resounding 64 percent of voters said the mayor should leave horse-drawn carriages alone, with 24 percent supporting the mayor’s opposition to them, the Quinnipiac poll showed…
Voters also brushed aside the mayor’s plan to pay for pre-K, instead supporting, 54 percent to 35 percent, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to pay with existing state funds… (more)
EDITOR: As a part time resident of the Upper West Side of Manhattan, we are astonished by the suggestion that horses are being mistreated when they pull carriages around Central Park. That is what they are bred to do. Their loads are light. Their work hours are limited. They are cared for in nearby stables, watched over by health officials and their care scrutinized by animal rights advocates.
Doing away with the popular horse drawn carriage rides in Central Park is one of the dumbest ideas since Mayor Rick Gray advocated bringing back trolley cars to downtown Lancaster and parking a prototype on a vacant lot.
