The City Council won't be voting Friday on the carriage horse deal after the union representing the industry backed out, according to the mayor.
The deal that would've cut the number of horse carriages in the city and confined their services to Central Park has been scrapped after the Teamsters announced Thursday they could no longer support the bill.
"With the legislation now finalized, our members are not confident that it provides a viable future for their industry. We cannot support the horse carriage bill currently before the City Council," said George Miranda, president of Teamsters Joint Council 16.
The Council had sufficient votes to pass the legislation, but without support from both sides of the agreement, the vote cannot happen, according to the Mayor's Office.
13 comments:
What kind of fantasy land does Duh Blasio live in?
Better change your meds, your honor.
The Teamsters will stomp you into the mud.
Wasn't this Tony Avella's idea years ago?
Greedy Unions...
He should ride a horse carriage some day.
The experience might change his position on the subject.
Gee, explain to me again what the opinion of some trade union has to do with the operation of government? I must have missed that day in 7th grade civics.
First the mayor steals the horses homes to build towers and now he want to make them UN-employed ?
This total assault to completely erase NYCs heritage is totally out of control !!
Good to see a bad deal scuttled.
What do PRIVATE horse stables and LEGAL carriage rides for hire have to do with Government?
I missed that one in 7th grade civics.
My interpretation of this was greedy politicians and donor's expecting payback for donations by freeing up prime real estate.
While the teamsters wrecked this deal because they didn't get their cut, it doesn't change the fact that this probably was for the better.
The carriage drivers should be able to earn a living.
that is not greed
THAT IS CORRUPTION
And there is a difference
Maybe hecwill do the eminet domain on them. Gotta hook up the big bucks donors. Phony communist.....
Real estate developers want the land that the stables are currently housed on. The plan was that the carriage horse numbers would be downsized and the stables would be moved into Central Park. This started out as a movement by animal rights people but was a smokescreen for the real motive: a land grab
The Blaz, his deputy mayors and city planners, Berlinrosen and the cabal of douches in the commission for one NY, the predator developers, REBNy and vulture capital hedge funders should stop wasting their and our time with these asinine attempts at poaching properties and trying to kill the livelihoods of these riders as well as every taxpaying citizen. Even those dumbass pedicab riders, who ripoff people and obstruct traffic.
The thing about spreading bullshit is that you do it too much, the stink gets too obvious and people are going to rise up. Which is what happened here.
you reap what you shat
This is great because its just one more reason deblasio will lose either primary or general in 17. He suxxxxxxx.
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