NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani renews call for banning Central Park carriage horses after horse dies in park [View all]

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani reiterated his support for a ban on carriage horses in Central Park on Wednesday, just hours after a horse collapsed and died in the park at West 72nd Street and West Drive on Tuesday evening — and as a bill on the controversial issue heads back to the City Council.

"I know that many New Yorkers were disturbed by what they saw yesterday, and I'm one of them," Mamdani said at an unrelated press conference Wednesday morning.

"I support removing horse carriages from Central Park," he said. "I've also said that I look forward to working with union partners and community leaders to actually deliver on that."

The mayor added he wants to "figure out a way" to ban the horse-drawn carriages — but didn't offer specifics.

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