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Council Speaker Julie Menin (D-Manhattan) embraces late teen Romanch Mahajan’s aunt at a rally outside City Hall, July 15, 2026. (Ben Fractenberg/The City Reporter)
Dear New Yorkers,
Hundreds of horse carriage drivers stand to lose their jobs if the city enacts a measure to phase out the industry after an 18-year-old tourist died in a runaway horse incident in Central Park — one of dozens of incidents involving working horses at the park over the past few decades.
But while the City Council proposal calls for connecting drivers and stable operators with new jobs by 2028, it remains light on those details.
People testified on both sides of the issue at an hourslong hearing yesterday. The proceedings came a day after Council Speaker Julie Menin announced she supports the ban and a plan guaranteeing affected workers what she called “quality employment opportunities” in hospitality.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has also said he favors winding down the horse carriages, through a “just transition that protects workers.”
A high around 92 with patchy smoke from faraway wildfires during the day. A low around 73 with widespread smoke at night. Air quality advisory for fine particulate matter in effect through midnight.
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Midday in Brooklyn, no Q trains between Brighton Beach and Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Hotels Falter With Inflation, Fewer Canadian Tourists
New York City hotels that have argued higher costs are pummelling their finances will get some new ammunition Thursday in a report from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
The average New York daily room rate of $334 for 2025 is less than the $354 average in 2019 when adjusted for inflation, DiNapoli reported. Meanwhile, inflation has sent costs rising, including an expensive labor contract and city-imposed requirements for security staff.
As a result, employment has not rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with the 45,325 jobs last year still 13% below the 2019 level.
The report notes that while the number of visitors to New York increased last year to 65 million, just shy of the 2019 record of 66.6 million, foreign tourism has lagged in the recovery. A key has been the 19% drop in Canadian visitors compared with 2019 due to the friction between the Trump administration and Canada.
— Greg David
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Thursday, July 16 and Friday, July 17: Singer Mavis Staples and hip-hop group De La Soul headline City Parks Foundation SummerStage shows. Both events are free, with Staples performing at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield, 6-10 p.m. Thursday, and De La Soul at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park’s World’s Fair Flagstaffs, 6-9 p.m. Friday.
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