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The Department of Health & Mental Hygiene held a public hearing on Marcy 3, 1010 to hear comments on their  recommended changes to existing regulations concerning carriage horses.  This concerned Chapter 4 of the Commissioner's Regulations and Health Code Article 161.  

Public Comments from this hearing

NIVEA uses NYC carriages horses to promote their product.  BOYCOTT NIVEA.  2/14/10      

Friends of Animals - Valentine's Day rally announcement  2/14/08

Picnic benefits horse rescue agency - 26 Aug 2007

New York City Audit Report - 27 Jun 2007

Pedicabs are safer - 14 December 2006

Letter to Virginia Beach City Council - 11 December 2006

Carriage Horse Concerns - HORSE (London) - December 2006 

NOT SO ROMANTIC - By Elizabeth Forel - HORSE NATION FALL 2006

Pulling the Reins on the Horse-Drawn Carriage Industry - Friends of Animals - By Edita Birnkrant - 28 Oct 2006

Shocking lives of carriage horses highlighted - petition to ban industry promoted - HORSETALK - 28 Sep 2006

PETA Wants Horse-Drawn Carriages Removed From Central Park
- wnbc.com - 20 Sep 2006

PET PROJECT - New York Post - JULIA SZABO - 11 Jun 2006

TRADITION, OR CRUELTY? - HUDSON REPORTER - Jessica Rosero - July 30, 2006

Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages launches fund raising campaign to help NYC's Carriage Horses - May, 2006

RESULTS OF WCBS TV CHANNEL 2 ON-LINE POLL - 12 May 2006

Queens Councilman Wants Horse-Drawn Carriages Banned From City Streets - NY1 News - 11 May 2006

HARDWORKING HORSES' HISTORY - BY SAMUEL BRUCHEY, Newsday Staff Writer - May 11, 2006

CARRIAGES: YEA OR NEEEIIIGH? - BY MELANIE LEFKOWITZ, Newsday Staff Writer - May 11, 2006

NO HORSING AROUND? - BY MELANIE LEFKOWITZ, AM-NY - MAY 11, 2006

SOME WANT HORSES ON STREET REINED IN AFTER SPATE OF SPOOKINGS - Bradley Hope - NY Sun - May 10, 2006

Two Carriage Horse Accidents in One Week: Horse Advocates Urge Boycott - Press Release - 8 May 2006

Calling for Decency and Public Safety, Horse Advocates Seek Carriage Ban - Press Release - May, 2, 2006

League of Humane Voters NYC - Memo of Opposition for Horse Drawn Cab Bill - April, 2006

POLS SPURS CARRIAGE-BAN FIGHT - 14 Feb 2006

NYC HORSE ADVOCATES SEEK TO BAN HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES - Press Release - 13 Feb 2006


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