Mayor Bill de Blasio is unveiling a new program he believes will keep New York City’s streets cleaner. “We can not support the horse carriage bill now before the City Council”.
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“With the legislation now finalized, our members are not confident that it provides a viable future for their industry”, union President George Miranda said. “The Council will not vote on any horse carriage related legislation on Friday since the Teamsters no longer support the deal”.
Under the original proposal, carriage horses would have moved off of city streets and the city would have built new stables inside Central Park by October 2018.
It is no secret that since taking office, de Blasio has worked to end the horse carriage industry. And who says the powerful Central Park Conservancy will go along with it?
According to de Blasio’s statement, the upgrade won’t add cost the city anything additional.
NEW YORK (AP) – New York’s City Council pulled the reins on a plan to overhaul Central Park’s popular carriage horse rides Thursday after the drivers’ union withdrew its support, citing concerns the deal threatens the industry’s future.
But De Blasio’s tone changed when discussing the budget’s proposed cuts to New York City, including $485 million in proposed cuts to CUNY and a plan for New York City to take on approximately $209 million in state Medicaid payments next fiscal year.
“Doing that will kill our business, will kill our industry”, said pedicab driver Shaha Hakim, 19. Reducing energy waste in these buildings is also essential to achieving Mayor de Blasio’s ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals.
Drivers use their phones to tell the system where they’re parking and how long they plan to be there.
The collapse was a political blow to de Blasio and his staff, who seemed eager to finally get the item off the political agenda. Though it has been described as an animal rights issue, in reality, it’s about real estate. Does anyone at City Hall realize how bad this looks? “As DCA Commissioner, Julie saved everyday New Yorkers thousands of dollars, reduced fines on small businesses and spearheaded campaigns to uplift NYC’s residents in all five boroughs”. New York City Councilmember Costa Constantinides recently chaired hearings on two bills that would prod city agencies to more systematically evaluate environmental justice threats and engage community stakeholders in helping to tackle the issues.
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