NYC activists’ carriage-horse threats prove they’ll use any excuse to force a ban
It’s time to reject the hateful propaganda, and turn away from advocates whose politicized bias against carriage horses isn’t supported by science or medical analysis.
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Opinion NYC activists’ carriage-horse threats prove they’ll use any excuse to force a ban By John Samuelsen Published June 17, 2026, 7:19 p.m. ET A Central Park carriage horse named Deniz collapsed and died during a ride on June 9, 2026. Courtesy of Edita Birnkrant See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Just hours after Deniz, a beautiful brown-and-white carriage horse, collapsed and died in Central Park June 9, the activists pounced. Edita Birnkrant, executive director of the anti-carriage group NYCLASS, posted a video of Deniz in his final moments, lying on the carriage drive. “They’re f—ing abusers,” a male narrator says. “He doesn’t care,” the observer declares of the carriage driver.
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