NYC carriage horse drivers beg Mamdani to save their jobs after controversial ban: ‘I thought you stood with us’

Source: New York Post

Horse-drawn carriage drivers begged Mayor Zohran Mamdani Wednesday not to get rid of their jobs — calling on him to stand up for working-class people. Hizzoner, during a hearing at City Hall, faced heat from angry Transit Workers Union members, who said they felt left in the wind by the recently passed bill banning their long-running industry. “I thought you stood with us, working-class people, and our union, and our immigrant coworkers who poured their life savings into carriage medallions, pursuing the American dream,” one irate carriage driver charged during the over hourlong testimonial.