Over the past two decades, major cities around the world – including Beijing, New Delhi, Paris and London – have taken horse-drawn carriages off of their chaotic urban streets.

Motivated by concerns about public safety and animal cruelty, many U.S. cities – including right-leaning Palm Beach, Florida, and Biloxi, Mississippi – have done the same.

How, then, has New York City, the most congested city in the country and one that prides itself on its progressive values, allowed this inhumane and unsafe industry to continue to operate? And why are our elected officials ignoring the 71% of voters who, according to a 2022 poll , oppose the horse-drawn carriage trade?

Forcing horses to pound the pavement with heavy carriages in Midtown, where they compete with motor vehicles, bicyclists and

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