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New York City Passes Horse Carriage Ban, Ending a Central Park Tradition
A passenger’s death in June became the impetus for the City Council to ban the practice, but the bill will likely face a court challenge before being implemented in 2028.
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Central Park: how every outlet covers the stories
6 stories named Central Park, covered by 7 outlets. Each one is shown beside every other newsroom's version of the same event, with a link to the outlet that filed it.
New York City votes to ban Central Park horse-drawn carriages after decades of debate
New York's city council voted Thursday in favor of a measure to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park, a tourist attraction that has been controversial for years. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to sign the ban into law which would go into effect starting in June 2028
Rare barn owls with 'horror movie' screech take up residence in NYC neighborhood
A migration ecologist called the discovery of the barn owls’ nest ‘shocking’
A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan's Upper West Side. New Yorkers are captivated
Manhattan's Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park.
New York City to ban Central Park horse-drawn carriages after fatal tourist accident
The proposed legislation prohibits owners from selling horses to slaughterhouses, specifying that animals must be handled in a ’humane manner’
New York City to ban horse-drawn carriages in 2028, City Council speaker says
After years of political back-and-forth and several violent mishaps in Central Park, including one where a tourist lost their life in the summer, New York City is set to ban horse-drawn carriages in less than two years, City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced Tuesday.
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