2022年8月16日，纽约中央公园里有一匹马被拴在马车上。照片来源：John Smith/VIEW press/Corbis（通过Getty Images提供）纽约市计划禁止马车运营市长佐赫兰·曼达尼（Zohran Mamdani）与市议会领导人达成一致，决定禁止马车在纽约市内行驶。这种曾经深受游客欢迎的交通工具一直备受争议。
A horse tied to a carriage at Central Park on 16 August 2022 in New York. Photograph: John Smith/VIEW press/Corbis via Getty Images New York City moves to ban horse-drawn carriages Mamdani and city council leader agree on ban that would make it illegal to operate horse-drawn carriages in the city Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the leader of the New York City council have agreed to ban horse-drawn carriages from the city, a popular tourist attraction that has faced widespread scrutiny.
据《Politico》报道，曼达尼已同意支持由纽约市议会议长朱莉·梅宁（Julie Menin）提出的法案——该法案规定从2028年6月起马车将被禁止在纽约市内运营。市议会预计将于下周对该法案进行投票。
Mamdani has agreed to back a bill supported by Julie Menin the speaker of the New York City council, that would make it illegal to operate horse-drawn carriages beginning in June 2028, Politico reported on Tuesday. The city council is expected to vote on the legislation next week.
曼达尼在周二表示：“马车的时代在纽约市即将终结。我们的政府将确保马车司机和马匹的安全。”
“The horse carriage industry is coming to an end in New York City. Our administration will make sure workers and owners are protected and the horses are safe,” Mamdani wrote on on Tuesday.
虽然马车游览在中央公园非常普遍，但动物权利保护组织长期以来一直对马匹的待遇表示担忧。自2020年以来，已有多匹马在行驶过程中死亡。
While horse-drawn carriage rides are ubiquitous in Central Park, animal rights activists have long expressed concern over the treatment of horses. Multiple horses have died since 2020, occasionally collapsing in the middle of carriage rides.
今年夏天，一名18岁的游客从马车上摔落身亡，这进一步加剧了禁止马车的呼声。尽管大多数人支持这项禁令，但由于代表马车司机的纽约运输工会提出了对司机生计的担忧，相关立法的推进一直困难重重。
The push for a ban increased over the summer after an 18-year-old tourist died after being thrown from a carriage Though there has been broad support for a horse-drawn carriage ban, officials have struggled to push legislation forward because the Transport Workers Union, a New York transport union that advocates for carriage drivers, had raised concerns about the carriage drivers’ livelihoods.
此前，曼达尼曾表示支持禁止马车的立法；但他对现行法案中缺乏对马车司机权益的保护措施表示不满。目前尚不清楚该法案将如何修改以解决马车司机的生计问题。《卫报》已联系朱莉·梅宁和曼达尼的办公室寻求评论。
Mamdani had previously signaled he would support legislation banning horse-drawn carriages; however, he expressed concerns about the bill as written because it contained insufficient worker protections for carriage drivers. It’s unclear what changes the bill will include to address the livelihoods of carriage drivers. The Guardian has contacted Menin and Mamdani’s office for comment.
运输工人联盟的国际主席约翰·萨穆埃尔森（John Samuelsen）对《Politico》表示，该法案“并未为工人带来任何实质性的经济救济”。
John Samuelsen, the international president of the Transport Workers Union, told Politico the bill gave “no meaningful economic relief for workers”.
萨穆埃尔森称：“这种行为纯粹是可耻的政治投机行为；佐赫兰（Zohran）绝不应该对此听之任之，尤其是当移民家庭的生计因此受到严重影响时。整个事件都应受到谴责。”
“This is disgraceful political opportunism, and Zohran should not simply go along with it, particularly when immigrant families’ livelihoods are being destroyed,” Samuelsen said. “This entire situation is reprehensible.”
《Politico》获得的法案副本中明确规定：市政府必须制定一项职业转型计划，为马车司机提供职业咨询，并帮助他们寻找私营或公共部门的就业机会。
A copy of the finalized bill, shared with Politico, includes language requiring the city to create a workforce transition program to give carriage drivers career counseling and referrals to other job opportunities in the private and public sector.
该法案还要求市政府“考虑”设立一项补偿机制，以弥补马车所有者的经济损失。
The bill also requires the city to “consider” establishing a program to compensate the carriage owners for the value of their businesses.
此外，法案还规定司机必须以人道的方式处理他们的马匹——禁止将这些马匹出售、用于屠宰，或转售给其他需要马匹拉车的行业。
It also requires drivers to get rid of their horses humanely – prohibiting the horses from being sold or transported for slaughter or sold for horse-drawn carriage industries elsewhere.