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CENTRAL PARK, Manhattan (PIX11) \u2013 A protest will be held on Wednesday to demand that the City Council vote on Ryder\u2019s Law, which would ban horse-drawn carriages<\/a> on New York City streets.<\/p>\n

NYCLASS, the nonprofit organizing the rally, said that the council hasn\u2019t revealed plans to hold a public hearing on the legislation. Ryder\u2019s Law would phase out carriages by next year, retire the horses, and offer new job training for carriage operators.<\/p>\n

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The proposal is named after Ryder, a carriage horse<\/a> that collapsed and died in Hell\u2019s Kitchen three years ago.<\/p>\n

NYCLASS President Steve Nislick alleged Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is deliberately not holding a public hearing but is instead meeting on the measure with the council\u2019s health committee. The nonprofit argued that it silences the public\u2019s voice in the matter.<\/p>\n

Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 office has taken to social media to press the council to pass Ryder\u2019s Law<\/a> after signing an executive order aimed at sunsetting the horse carriage industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast week, @nycmayor called on the City Council to work with us to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park once and for all,\u201d his office wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Transport Workers Union announced a lawsuit against NYCLASS, alleging the animal rights group is falsely representing horse carriage drivers as animal abusers. It\u2019s seeking $1 million in damages.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our view, there\u2019s a conspiracy in play that has nothing to do with animal rights at all \u2013 nothing to do with animal rights. It has to do with monetizing the end of the carriage industry,\u201d said John Samuelsen, the international president of the Transport Workers Union.<\/p>\n

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The Ryder\u2019s Law<\/a> protest on Wednesday is set for 12:45 p.m. outside City Hall. PIX11 News reached out to Mayor Adams\u2019 office for comment.<\/p>\n

A second rally will be held on Friday.<\/p>\n

Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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