WHAT: Protestors will converge on Midtown’s Clinton Park Stable in response to news that a carriage driver falsified records to force a horse named Caesar to work into old age despite serious respiratory problems. The driver, whose history also includes a dangerous horse carriage accident last fall and citations for overcharging riders, allegedly switched hoof identification to trick the Department of Health into thinking 22 year-old Caesar was a 12 year-old buck to allow him to keep pounding the pavement in traffic. NYCLASS and PETA members will demand to know where ailing Caesar is now and why the driver is being allowed to continue working other horses. 

“Falsifying records to force an old, asthma-stricken horse to work shows the drivers have no regard for the law and no common decency,” says PETA VP Dan Mathews. “This is yet another example of why Mayor de Blasio is right about ending this shady business.” 

Another driver was in court this morning on charges of animal cruelty for working an injured horse Blondie.

What: Stefanie Sinclair, eyewitness to the carriage accident on Central Park South, will attend Tuesday's Stated Council Meeting and meet with City Council Members to tell her story and advocate for the removal of carriage horses from New York City streets. Stefanie, an attorney from Oklahoma who was visiting New York when she witnessed the accident, extended her vacation to share her story with Council Members. She will be joined by Dan Mathews, Senior Vice President, PETA. 

What: Jillian Michaels, star of NBC's "Biggest Loser" and a lifelong equestrian, will lead a rally on the steps of City Hall to support Mayor de Blasio’s plan to end the unsafe and inhumane use of horse-drawn carriages on city streets and retire the horses to sanctuaries.

Topic: Wednesday's Bus vs. Horse Incident 

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Prototype Designed to Take the Place of Horse Carriage

We fully support the freedom for editorial and opinion writers to express their views, whatever they may be. But when newspapers misuse their news staffs to gather information for their publishers' pet causes, then we should all be alarmed. Several months ago, Daily News reporter Erin Durkin was promised an exclusive look at the electric cars we are unveiling tomorrow (April 17), and she assured us multiple times that her story was for the print edition of today's (April 16) Daily News. Instead, her story did not run in the newspaper, and the opinion pages improperly took the fruits of her news reporting for their own use. We appreciate Erin's written apology for this ethical breach by her editors.

-Allie Feldman, Executive Director, NYCLASS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 19, 2013

CONTACT:
Chelsea Connor, Director of Communications

(347) 866-6259 [email protected]

NYCLASS ENDORSES SCOTT STRINGER FOR COMPTROLLER OF NYC

Highlights Candidate’s Outstanding Record on Animal Protection

(New York, NY) – Today, NYCLASS (New Yorkers for Clean Livable and Safe Streets) announced its endorsement of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer for Comptroller of New York City. This is the latest endorsement from NYCLASS, which recently made public its support of over 40 candidates for City Council at www.nyclass.org/endorsements.

“NYCLASS puts our paw print of approval on Scott Stringer for NYC Comptroller,” Allie Feldman, Executive Director of NYCLASS said. “As Manhattan Borough President, Scott Stringer demonstrated his commitment to all of his constituents – two legged and four legged. He took a stand and spoke out against the abuse of NYC carriage horses, advocating for Intro 86A, legislation to phase out the use of horses in midtown traffic, and replace them a modern, humane alternative – the electric horseless carriage.  He also supports protecting our senior citizens’ right to have a companion animal, recognizing that pets provide physical and mental health benefits; and supports humane legislation to require fire sprinklers in pet stores.

“I am thrilled to receive the endorsement of NYCLASS, and I support their mission to make NYC a model city for advancing humane legislation,” Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President and candidate for Comptroller of New York City said. “I applaud NYCLASS’ pragmatic approach to protecting our city’s non-human residents. It’s time for our city to move into the 21^st century and replace the abused carriage horses with electric horseless carriages.”

More About NYCLASS:

NYCLASS is an animal advocacy organization committed to ending the inhumane practices of the NYC carriage horse industry. NYCLASS advocates for retiring the carriage horses to sanctuary, while modernizing the current industry with a clean and safe alternative to this outdated tradition - the 21st Century Horseless Carriage. NYCLASS also advocates for many other NYC animal issues such as protecting a senior citizen's right to have a companion pet, mandating pet stores install fire sprinklers, protecting animals used in entertainment and reforming the city's animal shelter system. Founded in 2008 by a coalition of prominent animal lovers and business leaders, NYCLASS has grown to over 110,000 supporters with activist chapters in all five boroughs. For more information about NYCLASS, please visit www.nyclass.org.

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NYCLASS

39 Broadway, Suite 1740 New York, NY 10006

(212) 626-6991

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 15, 2013

CONTACT:
Chelsea Connor, Director of Communications

(347) 866-6259 [email protected]

NYCLASS NAMES SECOND SERIES OF ENDORSEMENTS IN QUEENS

City Council Candidates Endorsed by NYCLASS for Their Stances on Animal Issues

(New York, NY) – Today, New Yorkers for Clean Livable And Safe Streets (NYCLASS) announced its second sequence of endorsements for Queens City Council races.

“NYCLASS is fired up to throw our weight behind these three candidates for City Council in Queens,” Allie Feldman, Executive Director of NYCLASS said. “They are committed to supporting NYCLASS in our efforts to build animal shelters for the four-legged constituents in our community. In the City Council, they will advocate for the safety of animals and all New Yorkers by providing homes for those abandoned animals who wander the streets without refuge. These candidates can be sure that we will have their back throughout