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Mamdani and Menin’s deal to kill Central Park carriage trade is all about privileged prejudice

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Post Editorial Board. (2026, October 15). Mamdani and Menin’s deal to kill Central Park carriage trade is all about privileged prejudice. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/15/opinion/mamdani-and-menins-deal-to-kill-central-park-carriage-trade-is-about-privileged-prejudice/

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The article critiques a deal between New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin to phase out horse-drawn carriages in Central Park by June 2028, calling it a form of elite virtue-signaling that harms immigrant workers and carriage owners. It argues that the decision lacks compensation for the carriage industry’s stakeholders and disregards safety concerns, pointing out that e-bike accidents have caused far more fatalities than horse-drawn carriages ever have. The piece is an opinion piece criticizing what it sees as a prejudiced and impractical move by city officials.

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The New York City Council voted on October 22, 2026, to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streets and Central Park starting June 1, 2028. The bill, named Romanch’s Law after the death of an 18-year-old tourist, Romanch Mahajan, who died in a carriage accident earlier this year, was supported by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and passed with 40 out of 51 votes. It aims to end a 160-year-old tradition while providing transition support for the approximately 150 drivers currently employed in the industry. The legislation includes provisions to ensure humane treatment for retired horses, preventing their sale or transfer to other carriage companies. Critics argue that carriages harm animal welfare and pose safety risks, while supporters highlight the cultural significance and job creation aspects of the longstanding tourist attraction.

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Sorry: The deal between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin to shut down the Central Park carriage trade is as much of a compromise as the Hitler-Stalin Pact, with the horses and their drivers stuck playing Poland. asserted

horses → shut → Poland

The accord to kill these jobs by June 2028 bears all the hallmarks of elite virtue-signaling, but then the mayor and speaker didn’t win their high offices thanks to working-class voters. asserted

mayor → kill → voters

So they presume to displace hundreds of workers — immigrants and the children of immigrants — depriving them of honest incomes with no genuine relief plan in place, just a vague offer of job-counseling services. asserted

they → presume → services

The owners of 68 carriage medallions are seeing their livelihoods blatantly confiscated — with not a dime set aside to compensate them for their stolen investments. asserted

dime → see → investments

Talk about putting the carriage before the horse: Expect a serious lawsuit here. Also, get real: Wiping out the industry effectively sends 160 horses off to the slaughterhouse, despite the elite vision of pastoral animal sanctuaries (again with no hint of who’d pay for them). They pretend it’s about “a growing public safety liability,” as a Menin statement asserted, but the carriages are linked to a single death in well over a century of operations (and even that tragedy may prove the fault of Central Park Conservancy negligence), while e-bike collisions have killed 133 New Yorkers just since 2019. uncertain

collisions → talk → 2019

Why can’t Mamdani and Menin agree to do something about that menace? asserted

Mamdani → agree → menace

This is purely a pander to privileged prejudice, and it stinks far worse than the horses’ manure after a weeklong heatwave. asserted

it → stink → heatwave

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