NYCLASS Ramps Up Pressure as Council Legislation Nears

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Ross Barkan

NYCLASS really doesn’t want the hooves to meet the road.

After venting their frustration with the de Blasio administration’s failure so far to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streets, the animal rights group is planning a City Hall rally tomorrow and canvassing events in three boroughs to ramp up new pressure on elected officials. Their aggressive posture may be paying off–sources say the City Council is coming closer to introducing legislation to ban the carriages, though no definite timeline has been set.

“Passionate NYCLASS volunteers will be canvassing in council districts to show support for the mayor’s plan to remove horse carriages from New York City streets,” Allie Feldman, the executive director of NYCLASS, told the Observer. “We are pulling out all stops to end the unsafe and inhumane practice of horse carriages operating in busy midtown traffic.”

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1. NYCLASS and Allies Rally for Horse Carriage Ban at City Hall

http://observer.com/2014/07/nyclass-and-allies-rally-for-horse-carriage-ban-at-city-hall/