It’s neigh for now on the proposed city law that would have phased out horse carriages, with the council’s health panel refusing to advance it out of committee Friday.

“This is an ill-conceived and silly bill, which I’d be happy to vote no [to],” railed City Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-24), who is on the Health Committee, in siding with the majority and the TWU, the union representing carriage drivers.

Around 200 protesters on both sides of the equine aisle gathered outside of 250 Broadway in Lower Manhattan while debate was held inside over “Ryder’s Law,” a nod to a carriage horse named Ryder who tragically collapsed while working on a hot August day in 2022.

The bill was originally introduced by Councilman Robert Holden (D-30) in 2024 — who argued Friday before the committee that the

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