The New York City Council voted on October 22, 2026 to ban horse-drawn carriages, shutting the industry down in June 2028. The vote followed a June crash that killed a tourist and, a week earlier, a horse collapsing and dying on the job. Mayor Zoran Mamdani backs the ban but says support for workers is unresolved. The carriage workers' union says it will sue in federal court to reverse the ban, and its lawyer says the uncompensated carriage medallions, up to $400,000 each, are the likely basis for the challenge.