Gentile works on horse carriage compromise
Whoa, boy!
In the wake of the midtown accident last week in which a carriage horse collided with a car and threw two tourists to the ground, animal rights activists have renewed their call to ban the popular carriages.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has flatly refused, pointing out that riding in old-fashioned carriages pulled by horses is popular with many of the millions of tourists who visit New York City each year.
“In our society, we have, from caveman times, used animals as part of our economy,” Bloomberg said in an interview on WOR-AM. “I think it’s something that a lot of tourists really love. It makes New York, New York.”