Media Coverage


New York City Fails Its Carriage Horses 
One Green Planet  by Elizabeth Forel 
November 2, 2011

Humane Alternatives for Horse-Drawn Carriages
Huffington Post - by Bill de Blasio - New York City Public Advocate  
 February 10, 2011     

Don't Let Your Romance Become His Nightmare - Our Town / West Side Spirit - by Brendan Furlong - November 23, 2010

City Council's Propaganda Catches Up With Them - July 15, 2010
press release

An Offer for Stable’s Horses, but Not the Stable - NY Times - May 21, 2010

Comments from Blog - NY Times May 21, 2010

City Tells Carriage-Horse Stable It’s Time to Close - NY Times - May 19, 2010

Comments from Blog - NY Times May 19, 2010

The Harsh Reality for New York Carriage Horses - Huffington Post - May 14, 2010

Taken for a Ride - Carriage Trade Rips off Tourists - NY Post - November 15, 2009

Boot for stable threatens Central carriages  - NY Post - November 1, 2009 Ginger Adams Otis

Blinders: Documentarian Donny Moss looks into the NYC horse carriage industry - NY Press - April 21, 2009 - Casey Samulski

Let carriage horses run free: It's time to ban the practice in New York City - NY Daily News - January 12, 2009 - Elizabeth Forel

Big Freeze Heats Up Horse-Drawn Carriage Controversy - NBC TV NY - January 1, 2009

Animal rights protesters take whip to Central Park carriage rides - NY Daily News - January 2, 2009

Doc Reveals dark side of inconic carriage rides  - Globe & Mail - Simon Houpt  - June 23, 2008

Time for Some Horse Sense - Sports Illustrated - Selena Roberts 
May 2008

Irish Fight to Save Carriage - Irish Voice - April 24, 2008

T' Time in the Park - NY Post - Angela Montefinise - April 13, 2008

Battling to Retain a Touch of the 19th Century - NY Times - Robin Finn - April 4, 2008

Carriage Horses are Healthy, New Report Says - NY Sun - David Pomerna - March 27, 2008

Company to Weigh in on Horse -Drawn Carriage Debate - NY Sun  - David Pomeranz - March 19, 2008

Home on the Asphalt - New York Magazine - Lloyd Grove - March 16, 2008

Gridlock Sam Column - Daily News - Sam Schwartz - March 4, 2007

The Animal Agenda - City Hall - March 2008

Horse Bolts from Queen's St. Pat's Parade- Injures Four - AM-NY - March 2008

You Can Lead a Horse To Water if There is Any - Metro US - Elizabeth Forel - February 21, 2008

A Face-Off Over Horse-Drawn Carriages - NY Times - Sewell Chan - February 14, 2008

Rock Star Joins Movement to Ban Horses from New York - Horse Talk - New Zealand - January 18, 2008

I'm With Pink:  Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages - Huffington Post / Patrick Waldo - January 18, 2008

Horses Spared in U.S. Face Death Across the Border - NY Times - January 11, 2008

Bid to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages - The Herald-Scotland - David Leask - 12/31/07

Unbridled Bribery - NY Post - David Seifman - December 14, 2007

Three Charged in Attempted Consumer Affairs Bribes - NY Sun - Christopher Faherty -  December 14, 2007 

Stable Owner Saddled in Bribe Rap  - NY Daily News - Kathleen Lucadamo - December 14, 2007

TV Coverage of Press Conference to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages - December 8, 2007

Banning Horse Drawn Carriages - Associated Press - Sarah Kugler - December 8, 2007

Bill to Ban Horse & Carriages Met With Unbridled Anger - Village Voice  - John De Sio - December 8, 2007

Avella Carriage Ban Angers Owners - Times Ledger - December 6, 2007

Councilman Will Introduce a Bill Seeking to Ban Central Park Carriage Rides - NY Daily News - Kathleen Lucadamo - November 30, 2007

Fate of Horse-Drawn Carriages in Balance - NY Sun - Grace Rauh - November 29, 2007

Carriage Owners Take Reins - Crain's NY Business  - Lisa Fickenscher - October 1, 2007

Protesters Demand Ban on Carriage Horses - AM-NY - Jefferson Siegel - September 21, 2007

Carriage Horse Dies After Bolting Onto Sidewalk - NY Times - Anahad O'Connor - September 15, 2007

Carriage Horse Dies After Tree Crash Near Central Park - NY Daily News - September 15, 2007

Carriage Horse's Death Brings Renewed Concerns - NY Newsday - September 15, 2007

Audit Faults City on Care of Carriage Horses - NY Times - Glenn Collins - September 6, 2007

Audit of Horse-Drawn Carriage Business Finds Inconsistencies - NY Times - Glenn Collins -    September 6, 2007

Picnic Benefits Horse Rescue Agency - Republic - Stephanie Barry - August 26, 2007

BID TO CLOSE THE STABLE DOOR AFTER HORSES HAVE BOLTED - SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST -- Rong Xiaoqing -  July 17, 2007

HORSE & 'MUGGY' - NY POST – by Heidi Singer - July 12, 2007

Say neigh to carriage horses, activists cry - NY DAILY NEWS - by Lisa L. Colangelo - July 12, 2007

Animal Rights Activists Not Horsing Around - NYPress online - July 12, 20007

PETA WANTS HORSES OFF THE STREET - The Metro - by Brian Childs City Hall - July 11, 2007

COLLISION PROMPTS A CALL TO BAN HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES - NYTIMES–ONLINE - by Sewell Chan -  July 11, 2007

New York could limit number of pedicabs allowed on streets - AM-NY - Associated Press - December 11, 2006

‘It Was Love at First Sight,’ and So, Before Long, Benny Mason Got Hitched - The New York Times - By Corey Kilgannon - October 9, 2006

Farm owner: NYPD horses well-kept - Newsday - BY ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO - October 6, 2006

Legal battle over care for NYPD horses - Newsday - BY ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO - October 5, 2006

Demonstrators Call for Ban on Central Park Horse-Drawn Carriages - Newsday - By VERENA DOBNIK - September 21, 2006

For Central Park Carriage Horse, Death Arrives Inelegantly - The New York Times - By COREY KILGANNON - September 16, 2006

Horse Collapses in Central Park - The New York Times - 15 September 2006

Audit Faults City on Care of Carriage Horses - NY Times - Glenn Collins - September 6, 2007

Audit of Horse-Drawn Carriage Business Finds Inconsistencies -Glenn Collins - September 6, 2007  (on web)

TRADITION, OR CRUELTY? - HUDSON REPORTER - Jessica Rosero - July 30, 2006

RESULTS OF WCBS TV CHANNEL 2 ON-LINE POLL - 12 May 2006

Queens Councilman Wants Horse-Drawn Carriages Banned From City Streets - NY1 News - 11 May 2006

HARDWORKING HORSES' HISTORY - BY SAMUEL BRUCHEY, Newsday Staff Writer - May 11, 2006

CARRIAGES: YEA OR NEEEIIIGH? - BY MELANIE LEFKOWITZ, Newsday Staff Writer - May 11, 2006

NO HORSING AROUND? - BY MELANIE LEFKOWITZ, AM-NY - MAY 11, 2006

SOME WANT HORSES ON STREET REINED IN AFTER SPATE OF SPOOKINGS - Bradley Hope - NY Sun - May 10, 2006

Carriage Horse Accident - Follow Up - 6 May 2006

HORSE AND BUGGY STRIKE CAR IN MANHATTAN. NO SERIOUS INJURIES - 5 May 2006

MAN INJURED BY SPOOKED HORSE IN CENTRAL PARK
By Alison Gendar and Leo Standora - NY Daily News - April 29, 2006

NEWS & COLUMNS
By George Chevalier – NY Press – March 8, 2006

MIKE: HOLD YER HORSES
By David Seifman – NY Post – February 18, 2006

ALEXIS STEWART: BAN HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES
Associated Press – NY Newsday – January 11, 2006

CRACKING A WHIP
By Heidi Singer and David Andreatta - NY POST – January 7, 2006

CRASH-HANSOM OWNER STARVED HORSE
By HEIDI SINGER - NY POST - January 5, 2006

KEEP ‘EM TETHERED TO PARK, SAY ACTIVISTS
Amy Sacks & Lisa Colangelo – NY Daily News – January 4, 2006

CRASH HOSPITALIZES COACHMAN
By Fernanda Santos NYTimes – January 4, 2006

CARRIAGE DRIVER IN COMA
By Dillon, LeMire, Moore, Colangelo and Vielkind - Daily News – January 4, 2006

CARRIAGE HORSE HITS CAR
By Ed Robinson and Joe McGurk - NYPost - January 3, 2006

HORSE BOLTS & INJURES 3 IN MIDTOWN
by Carrie Melago NY Daily News - January 3, 2006

HORSE GOES WILD IN MANHATTAN, CRASHES INTO CAR
NYC Channel 4 – January 3, 2006

HORSE PULLING CARRIAGE GOES WILD IN MANHATTAN, CRASHES INTO CAR
By Elizabeth LeSure – Newsday – Associated Press, January 2, 2006

AN UNEASY RIDE
By Lizzie O'Leary – Columbia News Service – March 30, 2003

CARRIAGE HORSE IS ELECTROCUTED ON STREET 
By Amy Waldman - NY Times - January, 9, 1999

 

Coalition To Ban
Horse-Drawn Carriages


A Committee of the Coalition For New York City Animals, Inc.


Contact:
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NYC Animals, Inc.

P.O. Box 20247
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New York, NY 10025

e-mail
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In memory of
Monty
Rescued former Boston carriage horse R.I.P. July 20, 2013


To honor
Bobby II Freedom
former NYC carriage horse previously known as Billy ID# 2873 rescued by the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages and Equine Advocates on June 25, 2010 from the New Holland auctions.


In memory of
Lilly Rose O'Reilly
former NYC carriage horse previously known as Dada ID# 2711 R.I.P.August, 2007