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Horse-drawn carriage rides are officially being phased out.

The New York City Council voted to ban the carriages beginning in June of 2028.

The decision follows years of debate over animal welfare, public safety, and the future of the workers whose livelihoods depend on the industry.

That debate intensified after an 18-year-old tourist died this summer after jumping from one of the carriages that took off with no driver.

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Regardless of whether it was due to a mental health disorder or the abuse inmates faced at the hands of officers, this became a clear pattern, and the pressure to close Rikers for good was mounting.

The New York City Council has just approved the controversial plan to close Rikers.

Four new smaller jails will now be built in the boroughs.

It is a move that has sparked a lot of protest.

But the impact on on about 200 families is atrocious.

And this was done without any regard to the families, the law that Julie Menon and the other Democrats on the New York City Council.

And it was largely Democrats.

And I'm calling the Democrats out for it.

And by the way, with President Trump's tweet, and I didn't vote for President Trump.

That's probably well-known on this show.

He has actually outdone the Democrats on the New York City Council.

We have a president of the United States, Donald Trump, who is now standing up for blue-collar immigrant workers against real estate developers while the Democrats on the New York City Council are trashing the workers in favor of real estate developers in Manhattan.

It's every inch of the way it's been about this real estate.

And finally, the New York City, the outer borough, New York City Council is in particular, should be ashamed of themselves for going along with this real estate grab.

Or Julie Menon lied.

Yes, right? Yeah, Julie Menon lied

I'm not saying they're going to do that.

But that thought is out there.

That is also going to be another element of the lawsuit because the New York City Council actually – just passed a law that severely constrains an owner of a horse's ability to actually sell the horse.

And when you do that, there is a very good chance that the horses will wind up in a very bad spot, like in a factory that's going to dispatch them.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to an 1868 federal law banning home alcohol distilling after lower federal courts issued conflicting rulings on its constitutionality.

The New York City Council voted overwhelmingly to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streets and central parks starting in June 2028, following the death of a tourist.

And the CDC reported that total U.S. measles cases reached 4,588, including 479 hospitalizations.

I am Grace Gee, and this has been a Moment of News.

And now you need money for a roof or an elevator and they don't know where to get it.

We have a few more minutes on New York City Council's Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, which has now passed, and Mayor Mamdani says he will sign it.

As we've been hearing from our housing reporter, David Brand, and David Lebenstein, our other guest co-chair of the Not-for-Profit Advisory Group at Cushman and Wakefield, this would give nonprofits an opportunity to to take over about 3,400 or so what are considered dilapidated buildings and run them as nonprofits, not as corporations.

By the way, David Brand, are these primarily occupied buildings or unoccupied buildings?

And then a Minnesota gubernatorial debate between Senator Amy Klobuchar and State House Speaker Lisa DeMuth.

Thursday, the New York City Council votes on a bill to end horse carriages.

Over in Greece, lawmakers will be voting on a social media ban for kids under the age of 15.

Friday, baseball fans get ready.