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Melissa Gilbert called out New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams this week over a proposed law that would phase out horse-drawn carriages in Central Park next year, accusing her of being "cruel, corrupt, and undemocratic."

The "Little House on the Prairie" alum directed an Instagram video at Adams, who she said was "single-handedly blocking Ryder’s Law — even going so far as to block a hearing on it. That is unacceptably cruel, corrupt, and undemocratic."

"The people of New York have a right to a hearing," the 61-year-old actress said in the video. "We already know that a super-majority of New Yorkers support Ryder’s Law, as does the Central Park Conservancy. Meanwhile, horses continue to collapse and drop dead. T

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