NEW YORK - ABC News reported that New York City will ban horse-drawn carriages in 2028, after city leaders voted Thursday to end the practice. According to the report, the vehicles will be "riding into the sunset" in New York City in two years.
The two reports differ on the timing of the decision. ABC News described the vote as already taken on Thursday. BBC News said councillors were preparing to banish the vehicles. The summaries available do not say whether the decision is final.
BBC News reported that views in Central Park are divided over the 160-year-old tradition, a detail the ABC News summary does not include. It said some New Yorkers hail the ban, but drivers fear for their incomes. The summary did not describe the drivers' concerns in further detail, or say how many drivers would be affected.
Neither summary gives a vote count, names the council members involved, or describes how the ban would be carried out. On the question of whether the vote has taken place, the two reports differ, as noted above.
The ABC News summary frames the change as the end of the city's carriage rides, while the BBC News summary centers on reactions to the move from people in Central Park and from drivers. Each report covers a different angle of the same proposal, and together the two summaries give a partial account of the public response.
Sources: BBC News: Some New Yorkers hail ban on horse-drawn carriages, but drivers fear for incomes; ABC News: New York City to ban horse-drawn carriages in 2028.