Most City Council members still undecided about ending NYC horse carriage industry

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CELESTE KATZ and ANNIE KARNI

Both sides of the raging debate over carriage horses have their work cut out for them: a majority of the City Council is undecided about banning the rides, a Daily News poll shows.

ICYMI, our takeout for Monday's editions:

Of the Council’s 51 members, just 13 support banning the carriages and eight oppose the ban, the poll found. But 26 members are undecided, although some of them said they are leaning one way or the other.

The other four Council members declined to respond.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/city-council-members-undecided-ending-nyc-horse-carriage-industry-blog-entry-1.1771437#ixzz30C7fS8rn

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1. Group Demands NYPD Turn Over Public Records On Horse-Drawn Carriage Incidents

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A hearing is set Monday morning in New York Supreme Court as part of a case by an animal rights group against the NYPD in connection with the city’s horse-drawn carriages.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund claims there is “clear evidence of ongoing violations, accidents and injuries” involving horse-drawn carriages, but that police refuse to hand over public records of incidents involving horse-drawn carriages.

“The NYPD is essentially on trial for refusing to adhere to the law—meanwhile, horses have been seriously injured,” Stephen Wells, executive director of the ALDF, said in a statement. “The public deserves to see NYPD’s records of just how many problems result from the inhumane industry of urban horse-drawn carriages.”

A judge is expected to review the records and determine whether the NYPD has to release them.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/04/28/group-demands-nypd-turn-over-public-records-on-horse-drawn-carriage-incidents/

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2. Judge orders NYPD to release records relating to horse carriage industry

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-ordered-release-records-horse-carriages-article-1.1771594