The City Council is set to hold a vote Thursday that would ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City.
The bill is known as Romanch’s Law, which is named after an 18-year-old tourist who died in a horse carriage accident earlier this year.
Critics of the bill say about 170 licensed carriage drivers will be put out of work during a time when the city’s economy is already struggling.
John Samuelsen, the president of the Transport Workers Union International, which represents the horse carriage drivers, joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Wednesday to discuss more.
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