NYC’s horse carriage ban is actually a scheme to benefit real estate interests, John Catsimatidis claims

Source: New York Post

This is going to stirrup trouble. Businessman John Catsimatidis boldly claimed Thursday that the Big Apple’s new ban on the horse-drawn carriage industry was part of a scheme to make millions of dollars for the real estate industry. The CEO of grocery chains Gristedes and D’Agostino Supermarkets alleged politicians have more of an interest in turning three longtime Manhattan stables into ritzy skyscrapers than freeing the animals from the so-called slavery.