Democrat de Blasio has vowed to move quickly to outlaw the horse-drawn carriages that pull tourists around the city's famous Central Park.
"We are going to get rid of the horse carriages. Period," de Blasio, who takes office New Year's Day, said at a news conference Monday. "They are not humane, they are not appropriate for the year 2014. It's over. So, just watch us do it."
Animal-rights activists say the carriage horses are overworked and claim that the city's traffic and pollution create an unsafe environment.
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