... and those electric carts had damned well better be ALL completely solar-powered, too!

New York is setting the standard of how much the government can control individuals and businesses for the "good" whether real or emotional. DeBlasio's term is going to be a test bed for the lib agenda and how far they can push it. I grew up in rural upstate New York and love the area. I'm now in Atlanta starting a tech business and watched all NY's ads about bringing your business to the state. I went and checked it out and found #1 the rural areas where companies have been leaving and jobs are limited are still left out of the equation which is geared towards the urban areas. #2 Having lived there, the state government has never been business friendly and I would never trust them to be nothing more than a hinderance. It's a shame because I think I could do a lot of good to help the town I grew up in.

NYC is about to find out what electing this idiot gets them. Can't imagine what he is going to do in the future to further restrict the citizens of the city. Probably more taxes and foolishness. Look for NYC to be quite empty by the time he leaves office, or dies. What an idiot.

But will the horses be eligible for ACA, and who can help them sign up? PETA?

"Malone also disputed claims that horses are overworked, saying that all horses get at least five weeks of vacation time, and some get up to six months."

That's more vacation than I get. I wonder if they get free healthcare too! Oh the equinity of it all!

"...make Horse Meat more available in NYC..." ... for the poor and homeless in NYC... for a short time? He is such a moron.

actually he said "inhumane" and I changed it to inhuman. see what I did there? never mind...

Err...horses aren't human.

finally someone gets my humor!

And what about the mounted police. Will he do away with them too?

PETA payola lol

Emma Chalmers, right? Aka "Kip's Ma"?

What the hell does that have to do with anything? Stop trying to confuse people with facts. ;-) lol
If the good mayor says its 'inhuman', then it must be so. (sarcasm)

'Vegatarian' old Indian word, for 'Bad Hunter'.

I heard this woman on the radio - I think she was the mother of a congresscritter or something - telling how soybeans were the future of mankind, and that we should follow the asian model and make Soy our sole source of protein. Period.

I bet she has something to do with this...

Having spent a good deal of time with horses in my youth I can back up the claim that they like doing their job. They do not want to be out in a field running wild. Horses like people, unless you treat them badly. They like doing whatever it is you teach them to do.

Unlike a lot of these large government people they enjoy being of service and fulfilling a role in life. The union will take that from the horse, they all ready have from every member.

He's working at cross purposes to his environmental friends. They'd want to take us back to the horse-and-buggy era.

Feelings not Logic. It is as simple as that.

The guy has a weird angle playing somehwere... What's the "Pull"? Who's getting the payola for this idiocy? Either he's been bought by PETA or has a friend who has a fleet of antique cars standing to make bank, or maybe he is blind to what an attraction these carriages are (Hell, I like doing the ride when I'm in the City...)... If he thinks those horses are abused, it sure shows he's no horseman.

Plus - seen a horse break a 100 year old linkage, go Wide Open Throttle and run people down? This thing is a lawsuit in the making.

Glad I live about as far as possible from that nutjob and what he's turning the city into...

Meat is unhealthy and must be banned in the Progressive Utopia.
It is more likely that horses are the main competition in consumption of oats, which are vegan, and pure, and righteous.

Therefore, all horses must by thrown on the pyre!

I still assert PETA-payola is involved...

They like - no, NEED - to be led. By the nose, with a ring, IMO. Shows how the herd mentality can take over when you have too many people bunched in together...

Maybe it's an attempt to make Horse Meat more available in NYC...

Horses have been man's copanion for time immemorial. They are beasts of burden and thrive in being so. There is no doubt, as illustrated by di Blasio that liberalism is a mental disorder. As to Mackinac, being originally from Michigan, I visited there fairly often. The Grand hotel has the largest veranda and claims to be the largest all wood structure in the USA. It is completely bug free (thanks to chemicals) and car free. Beautiful scenery and summer climate. Great place for a relaxing vacation.