Trump lashes out after Mamdani-backed council votes to end New York's 160-year-old horse-drawn carriage trade by 2028

The New York City Council voted 40-7 to ban horse-drawn carriages, with Mayor Zohran Mamdani's backing, and the trade must wind down by June 2028. Momentum for the ban built after Romanch Mahajan, 18, an Indian tourist, died on June 17 after being thrown from a carriage whose horse bolted when the driver stepped away to take a photograph of his family. Trump dismissed the vote as one made 'for political reasons'.

Trump asked: 'They don't stop cars from entering the Park. So why would they stop the Carriages?'

The Transport Workers Union will seek a restraining order 'the minute the ink dries'.

A Sligo driver says Irish emigrant operators are shouldering unfair blame for broader safety failings across the city.