New York City Council votes to ban horse-drawn carriage rides by June 2028

Bloomberg reports the council voted 40–7 to ban the Central Park attraction, with Mayor Zohran Mamdani expected to sign the bill. If signed, it would end carriage operations June 1, 2028, and bar selling horses for slaughter or transferring them to other carriage companies. PBS NewsHour says calls for a ban grew after an 18-year-old died following a carriage fall in June; a transport workers’ union called for compensation for drivers.