Tag: City Council

Patricia N. Saffran, NY City Council to Forcibly Prevent Privately Owned Carriage Horses from Ever Working Again

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Patricia N. Saffran According to proposed legislation, the NY City Council would like privately owned carriage horses to be forced to retire and not ever work again as carriage horses, if they pass Intro 943, Romanch’s Law. Is it legal or ethical for the Council to commandeer the fate of a healthy carriage horse and tell the owner that it can’t ever work again pulling a carriage? Apparently, the City Council thinks that this sort of horse rustling is legal here. Instead of being laughed at for such an overreaching and un-American bill,…

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. …