Letter in The Chief re exploitation of NYC carriage horses

By ELIZABETH FOREL | Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages My letter in The Chief:   (The Chief is a paper read by New York union members, municipal  workers and legislators)  TWU = Transport Workers Union Local 100 Horse Sense Posted Thursday, September 15, 2022 7:33 pm To the editor: “TWU opposed bill that would ban Central Park horse carriages” (The…

Ryder’s Collapse Must Be The Turning Point to Finally Fix the Carriage Horse Crisis

Heads Up. This is a very important article. A must read for carriage horse defenders. —Editor. GOTHAM GAZETTE | 17 August 2022 | By ELIZABETH FOREL On the afternoon of Wednesday, August 10, a carriage horse named Ryder collapsed at 9th Avenue and 45th Street in the heavy traffic going to the Lincoln Tunnel. Images of this…

OpEd: Transitioning NYC horse drawn carriages to electric

Just as Other Places Have Done, New York City Can Preserve Jobs and Tradition with Electric ‘Horseless’ Carriages The Gotham Gazette | By Elizabeth Forel & Susan Wagner | 11 May 2021 Flashback to the 2013 New York City mayor’s race where one front-and-center issue that ultimately helped propel Bill de Blasio to City Hall…

Top five misconceptions about the horse-drawn carriage industry in NYC

Guest Post by ELIZABETH FOREL There are many misconceptions about the NYC horse-drawn carriage trade. The primary reason for this is because the media are mostly on the side of the carriage horse industry and have not reported fairly or honestly on this issue. Here are what I see as the top five most common…

Group protests horse-drawn carriages outside Gracie Mansion

Report Source » NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Opponents of horse-drawn carriages are not letting Mayor Bill de Blasio forget his campaign promise. As WCBS 880’s Monica Miller reported, a protester playing the bagpipes while wearing a horse head mask has joined dozens of others with a message for Mayor de Blasio outside his Upper East…