Transport Workers Union, carriage horse workers rail against Menin and Mamdani deal to end industry

The "neigh"-sayers won't have it!  Carriage horse drivers and medallion owners gathered at the entrance of Central Park on Friday to deliver a clear message to City Council Speaker Julie Menin: Legislation she intends to see passed next week to end their industry is "unacceptable." Christina Hansen, TWU Local 100's shop steward for Central Park's carriage horse industry, slammed Menin and Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Oct. 16 for reaching a deal earlier this week on outlawing the industry. With 30 co-sponsors out of 51 council members, the legislation is all but assured to pass the full council in a vote scheduled for Oct. 22 before going to Mamdani's desk for his signature. The measure was named Romanch's Law by its sponsor, City Council Member Christopher Marte (D-Manhattan), after 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan was killed after being thrown from a horse carriage in June. While Mahajan was the first human to be killed during a horse carriage ride in Central Park over the industry's 168 yea