Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday called to ban carriage horses from New York City, marking the latest turn in a decades-long effort by animal rights activists to put an end to the Central Park tourist attraction.

Adams called for the City Council to pass legislation mandating the ban, and signed an executive order mandating city agencies to prepare for the demise of the horse-drawn carriages. The order also directs the NYPD to crack down on carriage horse operators who go outside of designated areas. Adams wrote that the city should look into alternatives like “electric carriages” to give tourists rides in Central Park.

The directive cited multiple recent incidents of carriage horses breaking free and running off in the park, as well as several incidents in recent years where carriage hor

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