The era of the romantic Central Park carriage ride is about to come to an end. New York's incoming mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday that he is planning to abolish the tourist-loved but locally-loathed horse-drawn carriage industry.
"We are going to get rid of the horse carriages. Period,” de Blasio said at a news conference introducing his pick for schools chancellor. "It's over."
The industry has periodically come under fire for the alleged mistreatment of horses. In 2011, a carriage horse collapsed and died in the middle of a busy Manhattan street.