Tag: Central Park

Patricia N Saffran, The Myth that Retirement for the Central Park Horses is Safe 

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By Patricia N Saffran   The NY City Council remains committed to ending the Central Park horse drawn carriages, vote pending, although they have no provable reason for doing so. Allegations of abuse remain unproven. In addition, the recent unfortunate fatal accident of tourist Romanch Mahajan was the first such accident in the Park in 167 years. His falling from a carriage is probably the result of ConEd stray voltage in the ground making contact with the carriage horse Samson’s metal horse shoes. This faulty voltage, no matter how weak or strong,…

Patricia N. Saffran, NYC Council, No Valid Reason to Ban the Central Park Horse Drawn Carriages

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Patricia N. Saffran   With no proof whatsoever, the NYC Council is saying that carriage rides are dangerous, their main reason for wanting to ban them. In reality, horse drawn carriages are the  safest form of transportation in the City with the lowest accident rate. Further, the Council members hope that the public won’t notice the lack of logic in their aggressive propaganda to ban the carriage rides. They’re attempting to convince the public that their ban, with a provision to retire the horses and prevent them from ever working again,…

Patricia N. Saffran, NYC Council Vote Looming to Ban Central Park Horse Drawn Carriages, Hypocrisy 101

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Patricia N. Saffran With the NYC Council’s July 16, 2026 Health Committee Hearing on proposed Intro 943, Romanch’s Law, on July 15, and in the aftermath, one thing has become patently clear:  the City Council has been engaging in a propaganda war to pass this bill. As Joseph Goebbels said, “It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.”   The bill is named for Romanch Mahajan, who died accidentally when he fell out a carriage after the horse Samson inexplicably spooked and ran off. This is the…

Patricia N. Saffran, NY City Council Desperate to Destroy the Carriage Horse Industry

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Patricia N. Saffran   There is no logical basis for banning the horse drawn carriage industry in New York City. Notwithstanding, the NY City Council is holding a hearing based on “Romanch’s Law,” attempting to do exactly that. The event could wind up being a ‘show trial’ with a predetermined negative outcome. The two fairly recent deaths of Lady and Ryder were only natural deaths. The death of carriage horse Deniz from poisoning was due to toxic yew plants placed by the Central Park Conservancy at 90th St. These plants don’t belong…

Patricia N. Saffran, NYC’s Dangerous Green Failure: E-biker Accidents, Motorized Pedicab Driver Attacks, Carriage Horses and Asylum Seekers

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Patricia N. Saffran   E-bikes, and motorized scooters and pedicabs were supposed to be the City’s answer to reducing cars in Manhattan, the green fantasy of City Hall. Now, many bike lanes later the City is reeling from the accidents and deaths that they’ve caused. Since the motorized vehicles can go along at the same speed as the cars and a number of them don’t stop at traffic lights, many New Yorkers are afraid to cross the street.   In the case of the motorized pedicab drivers, they’re committing crimes. …

Patricia N. Saffran, Frontal Assault at the Sherman Equestrian Monument in New York’s Central Park

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Patricia N. Saffran New York City officials finally got rid of the highly polluting, unsightly large food trucks surrounding Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ historic masterpiece, the Sherman Equestrian Monument, off Fifth Avenue. https://jameshfetzer.org/2023/07/patricia-n-saffran-sherman-monument-ambushed-on-fifth-avenue-central-park/  Now the monument has a new enemy, an awkward, clunky, appalling Citibank bike rack, placed right in front of the valuable sculpture.   After the Plaza Hotel’s lawsuit against NYC DOT to remove the abysmal Citibank bike rack from their entrance was tossed by a judge, https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/judge-tosses-lawsuit-by-plaza-hotel-asking-to-have-citi-bike-rack-removed/  the bike rack continued its green mission in front of the hotel, all the while…