HORSE SENSE
Periodic updates about issues and actions concerning New York City's Carriage Horses +
Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages
www.banhdc.org
Horses Without Carriages International
www.horseswithoutcarriages.org
PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ** Come to our fund raiser out *NYC Mayoral election - What you can do * ads for Bill deBlasio * 8/17 demo * a little history or Karma * Note: use link provided to post on Facebook
PLEASE COME TO OUR FUND RAISING PARTY WITH JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL
Monday evening September 9th
We are proud to announce that Jane Velez-Mitchell will once again be our honored guest at the Coalition's fund raiser to speak out for the carriage horses. Jane has been a very strong supporter of a ban on horse-drawn carriages, having addressed this issue several times on her TV news show Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell on HLN.
Our fund raiser will be held at:
Fontana's - 105 Eldridge St, Manhattan, NY 10002
WHEN: Monday night - September 9, 2013
TIME: 6:30pm to 9:30pm
We chose September 9th because it is the night before the all important mayoral primary and will also serve as a Get Out the Vote Rally for Bill deBlasio for Mayor. (this is Jane Velez-Mitchell at one of our previous fund raisers.)
Please click here to see our invitation and to buy tickets. They are $40 - with two free raffle tickets - until August 21st and are $50 after that and at the door.
RAFFLE PRIZES - If you'd like to help our cause by donating a new prize, send an email inquiry to coalition@banhdc.org. Great past prizes we received from our supporters included gift certificates for spa services, restaurants, stores, pre-assembled gift baskets (wine+glasses, coffee+mugs, & the like) and small electronics (iPods, etc). Merchandise raffle prizes must be new (original packaging) and vegan (no animal sources or ingredients). Thank you!
DEMO TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE INHUMANE HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES
Next Saturday August 17, 2013
Please join the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages and carriage horse activists as we educate the public about the inhumane and dangerous horse-drawn carriage trade.
- WHEN: August 17, 2013 at 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
- WHERE: North side of Central Park South east of Fifth Ave. at the hack line
NYC'S ALL IMPORTANT MAYORAL ELECTION
PLEASE take action - see below
The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages has endorsed Bill deBlasio for Mayor of NYC. This is an ad we are running in Metro, beginning next Wednesday. If you can help with the cost of the ads, please donate to the Coalition by clicking here.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
- Volunteer for Bill deBlasio - contact Kicy at kicy@billdeblasio.com or go directly to Bill deBlasio for Mayor web site
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- Anti Quinn Voter Outreach - For Defeat Christine Quinn's and Anybody but Quinn's listing of voter outreach - click here.
A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE BAN
We started the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages in January 2006 in response to a horrific accident in which a carriage horse named Spotty was killed on W. 50th and 9th Avenue. The campaign to regulate or ban the horse-drawn carriage trade had been dormant since the mid 1990s. However in the fall of 2005, in response to stiff competition from the growing pedicab industry, the carriage owners got together and introduced a bill into the city council - pushed by Tom McMahon, lobbyist, friend to the carriage owners and husband of Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs - to ban the pedicab industry. Some of the council members dropped off the bill when they learned more about it. The carriage owners and their friends probably thought it was the time to disable their competition since there was as yet no organized opposition to the horse-drawn carriage trade.
In late 2005 another bill was introduced, which also did not go anywhere. This would have kept the pedicabs below 30th St. - away from the tourists essentially killing their business. Speaker Quinn masterminded these bills. It is interesting now that the carriage drivers are crying foul since so many people want to get rid of the horse-drawn carriage trade on the grounds it is inhumane and dangerous. The pedicab industry has never been involved with our campaign. They have sat this one out. What goes around comes around. A taste of their own medicine - but this time - from us and it's for ethical reasons - not greed. It's Karma!
BILL TO BAN HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES IN NYS LEGISLATURE
Please make calls - Bill Numbers: S667 and A997 + Sign the petition
The only bill to support in the campaign to ban horse-drawn carriages in NYC is the Avella/Rosenthal bill in the State Legislature. It is a pure ban. There are no strings attached. This is a link to a petition we have on change. org. Please sign it if you have not done so already.
You can read the legislation by clicking on the bill numbers, S667 and A997 . Text in CAPS is new. Text with a strike through is deleted. (image of illegal u-turn on Central Park South)
WHAT YOU CAN DO
to support S667 and A997 - The horses need your help!
Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to make calls and write e-mails to state legislators. If you have not yet done this, please do it now. It does not have to be done at one time. The horses need your help.
All of the information we previously published on our newsletter is now on our web site under What You Can Do. Please read it and take action.
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HELP OUR ORGANIZATION BY SHOPPING ON LINE
Also check out Cafe Press to purchase CBHDC merchandise
Through a free registration with iGive, when you buy merchandise on line, your purchase will help us. There are over 700 stores that include such popular ones as Amazon.com, Staples, Best Buy and Barnes & Noble. Even Cafe Press is available if you purchase some of our merchandise. Click here to get started.
On iGive - the name of our organization is "The Coalition for NYC Animals, Inc." We also have three stores on Cafe Press with great t-shirts, bags, hats, mugs, mouse pads, etc. Purchasing this merchandise helps our organization. Click here.
"Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can change the
world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever
has." Margaret Mead.
