Drivers Are Livid After Vote to Ban NYC’s Horse Carriages NYT - Top Stories By: Andy Newman · Dana Rubinstein and Andrea Barnes 23 October 2026 at 14:57 The City Council voted 40 to 7 to ban the carriages from Central Park starting in 2028. But the carriage drivers vowed to fight their loss of livelihood in court. © Lucia Vazquez for The New York TimesA ban on carriage horses has been debated for years but finally received the needed political support after a tourist died in a fall over the summer.
Does Congress Need to Approve the Arch? Trump Says It Did 100 Years Ago. NYT - Top Stories By: Emily Badger 23 October 2026 at 10:02 The administration says the arch fulfills the “historic design intent” of a proposal from the 1920s. But does it honor history or flout it? © Collection of The New York HistoricalA photograph circa 1931 of Arlington Memorial Bridge with proposed columns by the architect William Mitchell Kendall drawn to scale.