A city councilmember from Queens is demanding swift action to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City after the sudden death of a carriage horse in Hell’s Kitchen on Tuesday.

Councilmember Robert Holden is calling on the City Council to finally hold a hearing on Ryder’s Law , legislation that would ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City, after a horse named Lady collapsed and died in Hell’s Kitchen this week.

“This is a barbaric, outdated industry that has no place in a modern city,” Holden said in a statement Wednesday. “The Council must hold a hearing, bring Ryder’s Law to the floor, and vote to end this industry once and for all.”

Ryder’s Law, named after another carriage horse that collapsed and later died in 2022, would ban horse-drawn carriages starting in 2026 and tr

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