2026-10-18T05:00:41-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
纽约市长佐赫兰·曼达尼与市议会议长朱莉·梅宁达成协议，将于2028年6月前逐步淘汰马车出租行业
作者：基拉·麦克唐纳、安德鲁·马克·米勒 福克斯新闻频道
发布于2026年10月18日美国东部时间早上5:00
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曼达尼着手终结纽约标志性行业，长期从业者为生计抗争
纽约马车出租公司的所有者兼经理弗兰克·里科博诺，以及资深马车司机、交通工人工会第100地方分会车间 steward 克里斯蒂娜·汉森接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访，谈及2028年前逐步淘汰该行业的影响。
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纽约市这项已有百年历史的传统正面临危机，马车司机们直言不讳地表示，如果佐赫兰·曼达尼市长成功终结这个标志性行业，最终谁将付出代价。
曼达尼与市议会议长朱莉·梅宁于周二宣布，双方已就逐步取消纽约市的马车出租业务达成协议，预计下周将对一项法案进行投票，该法案将从2028年6月起禁止马车运营。
作为长期以来的争议焦点，停在中央公园招揽家庭和游客的马车行业，在今年6月一名18岁男子罗曼奇·马哈桑因坠落身亡后，成为了公共安全辩论的中心。该法案随后被更名为“罗曼奇法案”。
动物权利活动人士一直针对该行业，指责马车司机虐待马匹，甚至因对马匹的适当护理、食物和饮水的担忧而在街头骚扰部分司机。关于马匹倒地、冲入车流的病毒式视频，促使人们呼吁彻底终止该行业。
纽约热门旅游景点附近马车脱缰翻车致男子死亡
弗兰克·里科博诺（右）在佐赫兰·曼达尼市长与市议会议长朱莉·梅宁达成协议，将在2028年6月前终止纽约市马车出租行业后，接受了福克斯新闻数字频道的采访。（凯尔·马扎/安纳多卢通讯社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄；弗兰克·里科博诺 供图）
但福克斯新闻数字频道采访了该行业的几位负责人，他们反驳了相关批评，认为纽约市的这项传统受到了不公正的诋毁，曼达尼的举措将摧毁众多人的生计。
“街头的脚踏三轮车到处乱窜，为什么他们的生意被允许存在？”纽约马车出租公司的所有者兼经理弗兰克·里科博诺告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“现在这项已有168年历史的传统、旅游项目却被迫关停，这太离谱了。我希望我的投资能在这里存续20年、50年、100年。”
里科博诺拥有12匹马和3辆马车，他表示养马就像养孩子一样，“不懂马的人永远不会理解这种羁绊”。
“我亲眼看着马匹在我面前分娩，”他说，“我养过它们的母亲，也养过它们的幼崽，这就像从我身边夺走自己的孩子一样。”
该法案不会将马匹从所有者手中夺走。所有者可以保留、出售或转让马匹，只要不将它们送往屠宰场、其他马车公司或用于“不人道用途”，但里科博诺将无法再在市内使用自己的马匹进行马车出租业务。
他称相关批评是“洗脑”，并补充说他的马匹过着“最完美的生活”，还定期接受合格兽医的检查。
“这项法案恰恰证明了这一点，”他说，“这表明他们试图将我们定罪，只因为马匹在工作。”
里科博诺表示，他还将损失一笔巨额投资——他花费了近40万美元购买了运营牌照。运营牌照是允许马车司机在纽约市合法运营的许可证。
“我将遭受极其惨重的损失，而这项法案中没有任何补偿措施，”他说。
曼达尼与市议会着手终结纽约标志性马车行业，从业者前途未卜
纽约保护动物协会执行主任埃迪塔·伯恩克兰特在2026年7月27日周一的新闻发布会上发言，当日罗曼奇·马哈桑的家人和动物权利活动人士在曼哈顿中央公园呼吁通过“莱德法案”，即“罗曼奇法案”。（巴里·威廉姆斯/《纽约每日新闻》/论坛新闻服务社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
里科博诺表示，这项禁令带来的影响远不止失去生意，它还威胁到了延续数代人的养马家族传承。里科博诺在爱上这份职业后，已从事马车驾驶二十余年，而他的父亲也曾在该行业工作了47年。
“我父亲身患疾病，”他说，“我的同事中有人需要透析。这些人依靠这些运营牌照维持收入、筹备退休金。但他们试图夺走我们的生计，却连会给我们多少补偿都不清楚。”
里科博诺的妻子娜塔莉表示，如果没有丈夫的收入，这个家庭将无法“维持现有的生活”。
“他们夺走我们的生意，实际上就是在夺走我们桌上的食物，甚至可能让我们无家可归，”她说。
然而，对司机们来说，未来仍不明朗，他们表示自己的声音未被倾听。以社会主义议程引发广泛关注的曼达尼和梅宁已承诺，将帮助该市约200名马车司机转型从事新工作。
曼达尼的最新“福利”引发网络愤怒，批评者抨击市政优先事项：“歌剧式社会主义”
纽约马车出租公司的所有者兼经理弗兰克·里科博诺与他的一匹马合影。（弗兰克·里科博诺 供图）
“我认为我们负有公民责任，确保不会让任何人被抛弃，”曼达尼周三对记者表示，“他们不应该成为此事过后被遗忘的群体。”
资深纽约马车司机、交通工人工会第100地方分会车间 steward 克里斯蒂娜·汉森告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，司机们尚未直接收到曼达尼的消息，他们被当作“好像我们无关紧要、毫无价值”。
“纽约马车行业唯一的残酷之处，就是业内人士、马车司机、车主和马厩经营者所受到的对待方式，”她说。
梅宁的一位发言人在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中表示，她将继续参与转型工作，“转型必须为工人提供有意义的保障”，并表示她已邀请交通工人工会和市政府加入新的工作组。
“通过与劳工组织和其他利益相关方的深入磋商，市议会制定了框架，以确保这些纽约人获得更好的经济机会，”她说。
该市预计这些马匹将被送往救援机构或保护区，但汉森警告称，由于捐赠减少和资源匮乏，这些机构已经难以照顾现有的马匹。
一旦全国性的关注度消退，汉森担心马匹将被弃之不顾。
“市政府没有提供任何资金，比如‘我们将确保城市承担马匹的养老费用’，”她说。
曼达尼承诺投入数百万美元打击反犹主义，却未回应关键疑问
2026年10月13日周二，一名马车司机在纽约中央公园等候顾客。纽约市议会议长朱莉·梅宁周二宣布，她与市长佐赫兰·曼达尼已就2028年起废除中央公园马车行业的协议达成一致。（巴里·威廉姆斯/《纽约每日新闻》通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
这并非马车司机首次担心行业消失。前纽约市长比尔·德布拉西奥在2014年就职后承诺禁止马车出租，并支持复古电动汽车作为替代方案。但和多年来的其他努力一样，该计划最终失败。
汉森鼓励曼达尼与司机们共进午餐，或是见见他们的马匹，以换个角度看待问题。
“他没有这么做，可能也不会这么做，因为这会在社交媒体上引来大量批评，或是其他什么麻烦，”汉森说。
里科博诺表示，这场斗争不会就此结束，他将继续反对这项“违宪”的法案。
“我们首先要为我们的权利而战，为我们的马匹而战，为公平与正义而战，”他说。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系曼达尼的办公室寻求置评。
基拉·麦克唐纳是福克斯新闻数字频道的制作助理。
Mamdani praised over move to dismantle controversial NYC industry — but insiders say there’s more to the story
2026-10-18T05:00:41-04:00 / Fox News
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin reached a deal to phase out horse-drawn carriages by June 2028
By Kiera McDonald , Andrew Mark Miller Fox News
Published October 18, 2026 5:00am EDT
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6406968621112
Mamdani moves to end iconic NYC industry as longtime workers fight for their future
Frank Riccobono, owner and manager of NYC Horse Carriage Rides, and Christina Hansen, a veteran horse carriage driver and TWU Local 100 shop steward, spoke to Fox News Digital about the ramifications of phasing out the industry by 2028.
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A century-old tradition is on the line in New York City, and horse carriage drivers are speaking out about who will ultimately pay the price if Mayor Zohran Mamdani succeeds in ending the iconic industry.
Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced Tuesday that they had reached a deal to phase out horse-drawn carriages in the Big Apple, with a vote expected next week on a bill that would ban carriage operations beginning in June 2028.
A longtime source of controversy, the horse-drawn carriages lined up at Central Park to take families and tourists for rides are at the center of a public safety debate after 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan was killed from a fall in June. The bill was later renamed “Romanch’s Law.”
Animal rights activists have targeted the industry, accusing carriage drivers of mistreating horses and even heckling some on the streets over concerns about proper care, food and water. Viral videos of horses collapsing and escaping into traffic have prompted calls to terminate the industry for good.
MAN KILLED AFTER HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE BOLTS AND FLIPS NEAR POPULAR NEW YORK CITY TOURIST DESTINATION
Frank Riccobono, right, spoke to Fox News Digital after Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin reached a deal to end New York City’s horse-drawn carriage industry by June 2028.(Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images ; Frank Riccobono)
But Fox News Digital spoke to leaders in the industry who pushed back on the criticisms and argued that the New York City tradition is being unfairly maligned, and that livelihoods will be destroyed thanks to Mamdani’s efforts.
“You have pedicabs flying around, so why are they permitted to have a business?” Frank Riccobono, owner and manager of NYC Horse Carriage Rides, told Fox News Digital. “And now a 168-year-old tradition, attraction is being forced to surrender, which is very taboo. I want my investment to stay there for the next 20 years, 50 years, 100.”
Riccobono, who owns 12 horses and three carriages, said raising horses is like raising a child, and that “non-horse people” will never understand that bond.
“I had horses give birth in front of me,” he said. “I’ve owned their mom and I have their baby and it’s like taking a child away from me.”
The bill would not take the horses away from their owners. Owners could keep, sell or transfer them as long as they are not sent to slaughter, another carriage business or an “inhumane purposes,” but Riccobono could no longer use his horses for carriage rides in the city.
He called the criticism “brainwashing,” adding his horses receive “the most perfect lifestyle” and regularly see certified veterinarians.
“That’s what this bill shows,” he said. “It shows they’re trying to criminalize us because a horse is working.”
Riccobono said he will also lose a huge investment after purchasing a medallion for nearly $400,000. Medallions are licenses that allow horse carriage drivers to legally operate in New York City.
“I am going to take a very, very big loss here and there’s no reimbursement in this bill,” he said.
MAMDANI, CITY COUNCIL MOVE TO END ICONIC NYC HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE INDUSTRY AS WORKERS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE
NYCLASS Executive Director Edita Birnkrant speaks during a press conference Monday, July 27, 2026, where family members of Romanch Mahajanâs family and animal rights activists called for the passage of Ryderâs Law, also called Romanchâs Law, in Central Park in Manhattan.(Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The ban means much more than just losing a business, according to Riccobono, who said it threatens a family legacy with horses spanning generations. Riccobono has spent more than two decades driving horse-drawn carriages after falling in love with the career through his father, who spent 47 years in the business.
“I have a father that has medical conditions,” he said. “I have colleagues that are on dialysis. These people rely on these medallions for income, for retirement. But they’re trying to strip this away from us and they don’t even know how much they’re gonna give us.”
Riccobono’s wife, Natalie, said that without her husband’s income, the family will not be able to “sustain what we have right now.”
“By taking away these businesses from us, they are literally taking food off of our table and possibly a shelter from over our heads,” she said.
However, what comes next remains up in the air to drivers who say their voices have been left unheard. Mamdani, who has made waves with his socialist agenda, and Menin have vowed to help the city’s roughly 200 carriage drivers transition into new jobs.
MAMDANI’S LATEST FREEBIE SETS OFF ONLINE FURY AS CRITICS RIP CITY PRIORITIES: ‘OPERA SOCIALISM’
Frank Riccobono, owner and manager of NYC Horse Carriage Rides, poses with one of his horses.(Frank Riccobono)
“I think that we have a civic responsibility to ensure that we are not leaving anybody out to dry,” Mamdani told reporters Wednesday. “They should not be ones that are simply left as an afterthought of what comes after this.”
Christina Hansen, a veteran New York City horse carriage driver and Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 shop steward, told Fox News Digital drivers have yet to hear directly from Mamdani and are being treated “as if we don’t matter, as if we don’t count.”
“The only cruelty in the New York City carriage industry has always been the way that the people in it, the way the carriage drivers and carriage owners and stable owners are treated,” she said.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for Menin said she will remain involved in the transition that “must include meaningful protections for the workers” and said she invited TWU and the administration to join a new working group.
“Through thoughtful conversations with labor and other stakeholders, the Council developed a framework to ensure better economic opportunities for these New Yorkers,” she said.
With the city anticipating the horses will go to rescues or sanctuaries, Hansen warned those facilities already struggle to care for the horses they have because of declining donations and a lack of resources.
Once the national attention fades, Hansen worries the horses could be left behind.
“There’s no funding from the city or anything like that to say, we’re going to make sure that, you know, the city pays for the horse’s retirement,” she said.
MAMDANI PLEDGES MILLIONS TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM WHILE LEAVING KEY QUESTION UNRESOLVED
A horse-carriage driver waits for customers in Central Park, New York on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced Tuesday that she and Mayor Zohran Mamdani have agreed on a deal to abolish the Central Park horse carriage industry starting in 2028.(Barry Williams / New York Daily News via Getty Images)
This isn’t the first time carriage drivers have feared the industry could disappear. Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged to ban horse-drawn carriages after taking office in 2014 and backed vintage-style electric cars as an alternative. The effort, like others over the years, failed.
Hansen encouraged Mamdani to sit down for lunch with the drivers or meet their horses to get a different perspective.
“He hasn’t and he probably won’t, because he’d get so much blowback on social media or whatever,” Hansen said.
Riccobono said the fight doesn’t end here and he will continue pushing back on the “unconstitutional” bill.
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“We’re gonna fight for our rights, number one, we’re gonna fight for our horses, and we’re gonna fight for fairness and justice,” he said.
Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani’s offices for comment.
Kiera McDonald is a Production Assistant for Fox News Digital.
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