Human Interest

A handful of Central Park carriage horses spend their vacation time chilling out in picturesque stables on a bucolic farm in the heart of Amish country in Lancaster, Pa.

Via Susie Blackmon

Many US cities have quintessential sights and sounds: San Francisco's clanging cable cars, New Orleans and its raucous Mardi Gras, and Washington's political mudslinging. New York has an abundance of them too, and the new mayor has ignited a firestorm by announcing plans to nix one that is a century old -- the horse-drawn carriages in Central Park -- calling them inhumane. In their place, if he gets his way, get ready to kick back in electric cars. "We are going to get rid of the horse carriages.

Via Susie Blackmon

The Daily News is launching a campaign to save the city’s beloved carriage horses. The 156-year-old industry faces extinction after Mayor de Blasio campaigned on a promise to replace the majestic horses trotting through Central Park.

Via Susie Blackmon