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And that’s a wrap on Day 1 of early voting! Incredible to see all of our volunteers’ hard work paying off on the ground!

There’s a huge network of rescue farms, sanctuaries and individuals ready and waiting to provide lifelong loving care for each carriage horse that needs a home. Then they could finally graze and run free on pasture as nature intended. Currently nyc carriage horses get zero grass, pasture, or turn out areas to have any kind of freedom of movement or socialization with other horses. Thats unbelievably cruel. They are chained up to carriages pounding the pavement 10 hours a day in traffic and chaos and then return back to multilevel dilapidated buildings where they are stored in tiny stalls, half the size recommend recommended by humane standards and where they can barely move. This is abuse, pure and simple. And to make matters worse, the carriage owners often discard their horses like garbage once they are too old or injured or sick to make money for them. We have rescued their own horses from slaughter. nypost.com/2024/05/11/us-…

@TomiLahren @BigWeekendShow I am not saying that a lot doesn't need to change, but if New York's carriage horse industry ends, how many horses will simply be euthanized ? Too much of that goes on with horses and dogs for no real reason already.

The carriage horse abuse industry needs to end! I’ll be discussing this tonight on @BigWeekendShow 5-8pmET FoxNews

@CMFrankMorano Love this! ❤️

I was proud to have my office represented at the unveiling of a remarkable community art project created by the talented students of South Richmond High School I.S./P.S. 25, with programming support from the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI).

Thank you, @travisbarker and @kourtneykardash, for choosing a horse-free way to experience Central Park 💚 No horse should have to suffer, collapse, or die on New York City streets for a carriage ride. With pedicabs like Central Park Bike Cab offering the same scenic experience, it's time to pass Ryder's Law and leave horse-drawn carriages in the past!

The so-called 'Save Our Bacon Act' is nothing but a giveaway to Big-Ag that would gut protections against cruel factory farming—overturning laws that ban extreme confinement of pigs, hens, and calves, and make all of our food less healthy. We can't let Congress strip states of their right to demand better for animals, our environment, and public health. op: @kris.and.dave

This year’s farm bill reflects something of a revolution—so many voices, on left and right alike, saying we shouldn’t torture pigs. Good to see faith leaders stepping up in a big way to join this effort.

NYC Intro 943 "Ryder's Law" is officially on the books. There's no reason for this to continue. @ABC7NY @CarlMichaelW @fox5ny @NYCCouncil @nycHealthy @NYCMayor @nyclass @NYDailyNews @nypost @nytimes @peta @Gothamist @dodo @CurtisSliwa @DonnyMossAR @ChrisMarteNYC

@LISA83617095 @VegMediaWatch @Breaking911 Glad to hear it but why do you hate Americans exercising their freedom of speech rights ?

@VegMediaWatch @Breaking911 @nyclass I normally hate all of these protests but I’m afraid I’d support this one !!!

A horse pulling a carriage in New York City’s Central Park collapsed and died Tuesday evening near Strawberry Fields, according to witnesses and animal welfare advocates. The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m., with the horse reportedly dying minutes after collapsing. The death comes just days before supporters of Ryder’s Law are set to rally at City Hall in support of legislation that would phase out the city’s horse-drawn carriage industry. The bill is named after Ryder, a carriage horse that collapsed while working in Manhattan in 2022 and later died from his injuries. VIA: @nypost 🎥: @nyclass

New Yorkers are heartbroken and tired of horses collapsing and dying on our streets, running wild and crashing into cars….and it’s not hard to see why 78% said they support Ryder’s Law in a recent Zogby poll. I spoke with a New Yorker who happened to be walking her dog in the park on Tuesday when Deniz collapsed and died right in front of her… She tearfully told me that this is the second horrifying horse incident that’s happened in front of her eyes in 9 months. She (and many others) were nearly trampled last Labor Day when the horse in the video rampaged out of control with trapped tourists in the back who had to jump out to save their lives. It’s absolutely a liability for the city of New York and elected officials to allow this madness to continue. It was pure luck that no one was killed, but eventually a real tragedy is going to happen and our elected officials won’t have the luxury of saying they didn’t know of the dangers to the public because they have been glaringly obvious for so long.

A 16-year-old carriage horse named Deniz collapsed and died in Central Park this week, reviving calls to ban New York’s 200-year-old horse-carriage industry. Animal rights advocates say Ryder’s Law would free horses from overwork, extreme weather and the cramped stables of city life. While the legislation has Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s support, it has long faced fierce opposition from carriage driver unions and their allies in the tourism industry, including Liam Neeson. Big Apple horses might not live in bucolic surroundings, but they get five weeks of vacation every year—which is more than farm horses get. That fact goes unmentioned by the neigh-sayers.

After watching a 16-year-old horse collapse and gruesomely die in public this week, it’s astonishing to see the same tired industry talking points being repeated yet again. There is nothing humane about confining horses in dilapidated warehouse buildings on Manhattan’s far West Side for most of their lives, with no turnout, no freedom of movement, and not even a patch of dirt beneath their feet. These horses are squeezed into stalls that are half the size recommended by equine welfare organizations. And the industry’s claim that they get a “vacation” is deeply misleading. Their so-called vacation is often spent doing hard labor on Amish work farms. A horse rescue organization run by combat veterans called Unbridled Heroes Project conducted an undercover investigation and exposé of these warehouse stables. What they documented was abhorrent: horses confined in tiny stalls inside dilapidated buildings with no turnout and no opportunity to simply be horses. Every New Yorker should see this: nypost.com/2022/08/27/nyc… When you combine these conditions with an abysmal lack of veterinary care, it’s no surprise that geriatric horses and horses suffering from serious medical conditions continue receiving clean bills of health by industry or vets, until they collapse on the streets. Deniz is only the latest heartbreaking example. Just yesterday, Philadelphia voted to ban horse-drawn carriages. New York City is becoming an increasingly glaring outlier by allowing an industry that puts both horses and people at risk. Horses are prey animals who instinctively bolt when frightened. That’s why we’ve seen dozens of runaway crashes that have sent people to the hospital and nearly killed others. A recent Zogby poll found that 78% of New Yorkers want these horses off our streets, and it’s not hard to see why.

Yesterday, the Philadelphia City Council voted to ban horse-drawn carriages. Just two days after 16-year-old carriage horse Deniz collapsed while pulling passengers in Central Park and died in agony, NYC stands increasingly alone in continuing to allow this dangerous and inhumane practice. Around the country and around the world, cities have moved beyond horse-drawn carriages. Meanwhile, NYC has endured dozens of runaway crashes, collisions, collapses, and other serious incidents that have injured New Yorkers and put both horses and people at risk. New Yorkers are demanding action. The time for delays is over. Pass #RydersLaw before another horse dies and before another person is injured. @SpeakerMenin @NYCCouncil @Lynn4NYC @NYCMayor

How many more horses have to die before this ends?

Thank you for speaking out! We are the group leading the effort to pass Ryder’s Law. We appreciate your support. We are also being sued by the union representing the horse carriage owners. A wildly frivolous lawsuit whose premise is that the nyc horse carriages are a failing business but somehow that’s NYCLASS’S fault. It’s an undemocratic attempt to silence and bully us and stop our advocacy. And it won’t work!

Following Deniz’s tragic death, Ryder’s Law is being reintroduced. New York City — this is the moment. To recap, on Tuesday, a 16-year-old carriage horse named Deniz collapsed and died in Central Park while still attached to the carriage. The union says he was examined by a vet in March and found fit for duty. He will now be taken to Cornell University to determine what happened. Deniz is the second carriage horse to die in Central Park in less than ten months. A bill called Ryder’s Law — named after that 2022 horse — would have banned horse-drawn carriages in New York City and replaced them with electric alternatives. But that bill was defeated. What do you think about horse-drawn carriages? Would you like to see Ryder’s Law passed?

@HarveyforNY Absolutely agree, Harvey. That is why we put out this statement today denouncing such disgusting rhetoric.

This type of rhetoric is unacceptable. It undermines a real conversion about the horse carriage industry and puts members lives at risk. We denounce this type of outrageous statement.

This is deplorable to these beautiful animals. Needs to be put to an end.

As another carriage horse collapses and dies in Central Park, we're left deeply disturbed and saddened. Today, Ryder's Law was reintroduced in the City Council, and we urge councilmembers to pass this legislation that would put an end to carriage horses in NYC once and for all.

Another Central Park carriage horse died in NYC on Tuesday. He collapsed on the ground and struggled in agony for 10 minutes in the 80 degree heat, before his death. The horse was 16 years old. I beg you @NYCMayor, pass Ryder's Law and BAN horse drawn carriages in NYC. The suffering these working animals endure for human entertainment is unconscionable. 💔

Another horse forced to pull a NYC carriage is DEAD. @NYCMayor has expressed support for removing horse carriages from Central Park. Now @NYCCouncil needs to immediately pass Ryder's Law to ban this cruelty once and for all.

This is not an isolated incident. It’s part of a long established pattern of unwell horses getting a clean bill of health and then being worked to the point of collapse or death. Ryder (pictured) was 26 ( his carriage driver owner falsified his age to 13), was emaciated & riddled with cancer and other ailments —got a perfect bill of health by the unethical carriage horse vet, then collapsed and later died. There’s so many examples like this. Plus, a staggering number of the horses out there every day pounding the pavement are visibly lame , many are geriatric. And importantly, the traffic choked chaotic streets of Midtown Manhattan are no place to force a horse pulling an open carriage. There’s been dozens of violent spooking, run away horse carriage crashes in the past few years that have sent people to the hospital and nearly killed many others. As you know, horses are skittish prey animals who bolt when frightened. Just last month two horses collided in the park and 1 flipped over the carriage, throwing the driver and trapping him underneath the carriage and badly injuring him. All of this is inconsistent with protecting the welfare of these animals and the welfare of the public. The video I attached shows just one of many violent and near fatal horse spooking crashes in Manhattan. And have you seen their “stables?” Stables like that don’t exist in the modern world for good reason. They are multi level dilapidated tenement buildings where horses (many of whom are lame) have to go up steep ramps to the second and third floors of the buildings and have inhumane 60 square-foot stalls with zero turnout whatsoever. Not even a patch of dirt for them to move about freely. It’s a nightmare and New Yorkers have had enough.

Well I’ll say it…… As a diehard horse lover who has made a career working with, training, raising and breeding these magnificent animals, you all people need to understand that horses, just like any other animal including humans, DO DIE UNEXPECTEDLY!!!! And it happens more commonly than you think. Horses in the best possible conditions at all ages have heart attacks, strokes, and aneuysms that cause sudden or very rapid death. It can look like convulsions or a seizure but it’s not. It’s residual neural movement in a very large body. The horse in these circumstances feels no pain. These horses have strict regulations concerning their care. To assume this happened due to abuse or neglect is ignorant at best. I understand this looks horrible and is awful to witness. Any death is. But not all deaths are preventable. We have seen horses standing in the pasture grazing fall to their knees a die, my trainer’s horse had an aneurysm while he was riding him and he fell on him pinning him on the wall crushing and almost killing him. Another stallion I know collapsed and died from a heart attack while being collected for breeding. Please stop jumping to conclusions.

🚨 ANOTHER NYC CARRIAGE HORSE IS DEAD. 🚨 Tonight, 16-year-old carriage horse Deniz struggled in agony and took his final breaths after collapsing while pulling a carriage with passengers in Central Park. Parkgoers watched in horror. Many were sobbing, hugging one another, and left devastated by what they had just witnessed. We will be on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday, June 10 at 12 PM for the reintroduction of Ryder’s Law. There is no more time for delays. @NYCCouncil @SpeakerMenin, @Lynn4NYC and @NYCMayor must advance and pass Ryder’s Law before another horse dies or another runaway carriage puts lives at risk. DENIZ SHOULD BE THE LAST. NO MORE EXCUSES. NO MORE DELAYS. NO MORE DEAD HORSES. #RydersLaw 🐴💔