Mayor Adams is dropping a new twist into the heated debate over the city’s horse carriage industry by ordering that some of the steeds deployed in Central Park undergo medical exams from an outside veterinarian who has spoken at events hosted by an anti-carriage group, the Daily News has learned.

The Adams administration’s contracting of the Saratoga County-based vet, Kraig Kulikowski, comes after Adams and his first deputy mayor, Randy Mastro, have for weeks been trying to find ways to ban Central Park’s horse carriages.

Carriage drivers and the Transport Workers Union told The News on Tuesday they see Kulikowski’s hire as an extension of the effort to eradicate their industry.

“This is an abuse of power, this is not honest, this is not nice,” said Ahmet Bilici, a Central Park carriage

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