Carriage ban gets a mayor and a council speaker

The bill, backed by the mayor and the council speaker, would make it illegal to operate the carriages anywhere in the city; the horses have not commented.

On air: Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on BBN Newsroom
Published 2:32 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Updated 1:18 AM ET · aired 3 times

Photo: Central Park — Photo: Anthony Quintano from Hillsborough, NJ, United States · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

At a glance

First reported by The Guardian: “New York City moves to ban horse-drawn carriages”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 2:32 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman; aired 3 times.
Topics: New York City.
BBN covered this story before: Queens street near Spider-Man's fictional home gets a new name (October 13).

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The GuardianNew York City moves to ban horse-drawn carriages

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOkay, the one we teased: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and council speaker Julie Menin have agreed on a bill that would make horse-drawn carriages illegal in New York City.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Guardian reports the ban would end a tourist attraction that has faced years of scrutiny, and the mayor and the speaker are now on the same side of it.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the drivers lose their jobs, the horses lose their routes, and every tourist loses the one ride where nobody's been stuck in traffic since eighteen sixty.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe horses get retirement, Dale.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd Central Park finally gets a parking problem it can't blame on a horse.