Horse Drawn Carriages

January 9, 2019

Court order stalls progress on De Blasio’s new horse carriage rules

Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur F. Engoron ordered Tuesday that Mayor De Blasio can't “take any action or inaction that would interfere” with the horse carriages operating in Central Park until a subsequent court order is issued, according to the New York Daily News. The court order is the result of a complaint filed in October by horse carriage hack Giovanni Paliotta, whose attorney says the process was being done in the wrong order: New rules regarding the carriages should come from the City Council rather than the mayor, and legislation should be passed.
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