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🗞️ Story file #842

New York City council votes to ban horse-drawn carriages by 2028

Oct 22, 6 PM ET to Oct 23, 4 AM ET

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

  1. Oct 22, 6 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
  2. Oct 22, 6 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
  3. Oct 22, 6 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
  4. Oct 23, 2 AM ETpeak: on 19 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 22, 8 PM10 PMOct 232 AM4 AM1019leftcenterright
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 22, 6 PM to Oct 23, 4 AM ET (peak 19), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right
Oct 22, 12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 233 AMThe IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent, Oct 22, 9:00 AM ET: End of an era as NYC finally moves to ban Central Park horse-drawn carriagesCNNCNNCNN, Oct 22, 9:00 AM ET: Facing a ban on horse-drawn carriages, Central Park’s drivers fear for their livelihoodsPoliticoPoliticoPolitico, Oct 22, 5:00 PM ET: A final farewell to NYC’s horse carriage industryWSJThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal, Oct 22, 5:00 PM ET: NYC Votes to Ban Carriage HorsesBloombergBloombergBloomberg, Oct 22, 5:00 PM ET: New York City Council Votes to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages by 2028USA TodayUSA TodayUSA Today, Oct 22, 5:00 PM ET: A 160-year-old New York tradition is headed for extinctionUSA Today, Oct 22, 5:00 PM ET: Horse-drawn carriages, a 160-year-old New York tradition, are headed for extinctionBBCBBCBBC, Oct 22, 6:00 PM ET: New York bans horse-drawn carriages over safety and abuse concernsBBC, Oct 22, 7:00 PM ET: New York bans horse-drawn carriages after 160 years over safety and abuse concernsNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Oct 22, 6:00 PM ET: Horse carriage union pledges to sue NYC after politicians vote to end Central Park traditionNew York Post, Oct 22, 11:00 PM ET: No horsing around NYC Council bans horse carriages in veto-proof vote that will end 150-year-old Central Park traditionABC NewsABC NewsABC News, Oct 22, 6:00 PM ET: New York City to ban horse-drawn carriages in 2028Yahoo NewsYahoo NewsYahoo News, Oct 22, 6:00 PM ET: New York City approves horse carriage ban after years of heated debateThe GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Oct 22, 6:00 PM ET: New York city council votes to ban horse-drawn carriage ridesWashington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Oct 22, 7:00 PM ET: New York City votes to end century-old horse-drawn carriage industryWashington Examiner, Oct 22, 11:00 PM ET: NYC votes to end century-old horse-drawn carriage industryNew York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Oct 22, 7:00 PM ET: New York City Passes Horse Carriage Ban, Ending a Central Park TraditionCBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News, Oct 22, 10:00 PM ET: Horse-drawn carriage ban approved by NYC CouncilIJRIndependent Journal ReviewIndependent Journal Review, Oct 22, 10:00 PM ET: NYC Council Passes Horse-Drawn Carriage BanJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 23, 12:00 AM ET: NYC Council approves Central Park horse carriage ban over GOP, union objectionsThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Oct 23, 12:00 AM ET: New York City Votes to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages, Ending 170-Year TraditionHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 23, 12:00 AM ET: New York City Bans Horse-Drawn Carriages Beginning June 2028NBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News, Oct 23, 2:00 AM ET: NYC passes bill to ban horse-drawn carriages, leaving Central Park’s drivers fearful of future📺 TVBBC News, 9:22 PM ET: New York bans horse-drawn carriages after 160 yearsFox News, 6:12 PM ET: CARRIAGE CONTROVERSY. NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO PHASE OUT HORSE CABSBBC News, 6:49 PM ET: NY set to ban horse-drawn carriage ridesBBC News, 6:50 PM ET: NY set to ban horse-drawn carriage ridesBBC News, 7:00 PM ET: Horse-drawn carriage banBBC News, 7:24 PM ET: NY set to ban horse-drawn carriage ridesBBC News, 7:25 PM ET: NY set to ban horse-drawn carriage rides📻 radioABC News Update, Oct 22, 9:32 PM ET: story 4 of 4NPR News Now, Oct 22, 8:09 PM ET: story 7 of 7ABC News Update, Oct 22, 6:32 PM ET: story 2 of 3
Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

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🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 york city

✏️ 4 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • BBC (2 wordings): “New York bans horse-drawn carriages over safety and abuse concerns” → “New York bans horse-drawn carriages after 160 years over safety and abuse concerns”
  • New York Post (2 wordings): “Horse carriage union pledges to sue NYC after politicians vote to end Central Park tradition” → “No horsing around NYC Council bans horse carriages in veto-proof vote that will end 150-year-old Central Park tradition”
  • USA Today (2 wordings): “A 160-year-old New York tradition is headed for extinction” → “Horse-drawn carriages, a 160-year-old New York tradition, are headed for extinction”
  • Washington Examiner (2 wordings): “New York City votes to end century-old horse-drawn carriage industry” → “NYC votes to end century-old horse-drawn carriage industry”
Every outlet's first headline (19), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News4 min
Fox News19 s
  • NY set to ban horse-drawn carriage rides BBC News, 3 min
  • New York bans horse-drawn carriages after 160 years BBC News, 30 s
  • Horse-drawn carriage ban BBC News, 26 s
  • CARRIAGE CONTROVERSY. NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO PHASE OUT HORSE CABS Fox News, 19 s

📻 On the radio

  • ABC News Update, Oct 22, 9:32 PM ET: story 4 of 4
  • NPR News Now, Oct 22, 8:09 PM ET: story 7 of 7
  • ABC News Update, Oct 22, 6:32 PM ET: story 2 of 3

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: New York City New York City Council Central Park Horse Carriage Union New York State

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 New York horse carriage ban

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    Oct 13, 10 PM ET

  2. New York City council votes to ban horse-drawn carriages by 2028 (this story)

    Oct 22, 6 PM ET

  3. Trump criticizes New York city's horse carriage ban

    Oct 22, 8 PM ET