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Natalie Migliore, WOR Reporter · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Now, it's 710WOR Speed on the Street with Natalie Migliore.
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  Speaker 2: You like me suited down here? I'm going down to
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  Speaker 2: the rally that they may not let me into in
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  Speaker 2: the vote at city council to get rid of the
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  Speaker 2: horse carriage industry.
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  Speaker 1: I think that Larry and I have full confidence you'll
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  Speaker 1: find your way in. You'll find your way in. I'm
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  Speaker 1: just shocked that you don't have horses on your tie. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I was thinking, Hal, you're wearing a tie today. Where
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  Speaker 1: are the horses?
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  Speaker 2: I only have cat ties.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, well, we got to get him a horse tie now,
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  Speaker 1: I guess. Yeah, I'm surprised.
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  Speaker 2: Wait a second. Do you have cat ties?
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  Speaker 3: I believe it.
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  Speaker 4: Really?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and bow tie. Cat bow tie.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's cute.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 2: You have to come in wearing the cat bow tie.
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  Speaker 1: I will.
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  Speaker 2: Next time. I promise you I will.
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  Speaker 3: Question.
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  Speaker 2: Polly Market, what would their rating be of my potential
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  Speaker 2: of getting into this rally?
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  Speaker 5: 100%.
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  Speaker 2: And eventually the vote in city council. What would Polly
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  Speaker 2: Market say? 36%. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: 36?
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  Speaker 2: Really?
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  Speaker 1: But you're a New York City icon.
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  Speaker 2: No, I've been iced out.
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  Speaker 1: Talking about icons, these horse-drawn carriage rides.
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  Speaker 3: Ah!
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  Speaker 1: That after decades of debate, and this past summer when
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  Speaker 1: an 18-year-old tourist was killed in a carriage crash, that's
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  Speaker 1: really what started, that reignited this push to get rid
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  Speaker 1: of them. This could be the final trot for the industry.
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  Speaker 1: The end of an era after 150 years. Some New
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  Speaker 1: Yorkers say don't let the door hit you.
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  Speaker 3: It's heartless, those poor things. clomping through.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, our feet hurt when we walked, imagine.
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  Speaker 5: The horses here, they faint. They're not in good conditions.
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  Speaker 5: They live in a building. They don't have any pasture. Like,
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  Speaker 5: if they were going to do it, I think that
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  Speaker 5: they should at least have, like, a pasture that they
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  Speaker 5: bring them out to and maybe make them work once
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  Speaker 5: a week, but they're overworked. They're thirsty, and they're dirty conditions.
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  Speaker 4: When it comes to the horses, they never look happy,
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  Speaker 4: and it's kind of a ripoff anyway, so... What's the
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  Speaker 4: point of, I don't know how much people are spending
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  Speaker 4: nowadays on them damn things, but I'm sure they're not
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  Speaker 4: going into like the care for them anyway.
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  Speaker 1: A carriage ride these days now costs about $ 100 for
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  Speaker 1: 25 minutes, right? My one question is, how do you
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  Speaker 1: know a horse is happy?
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  Speaker 2: They ain't getting nothing. They're getting ugots. They're getting bupkis
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  Speaker 2: out of that $ 100.
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  Speaker 1: And I've been down to those stables. They are building
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  Speaker 1: concrete buildings. Somebody likened them to a parking garage, in
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  Speaker 1: a sense. You know, New York City doesn't really have
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  Speaker 1: room for these pastures that we were talking about. You
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  Speaker 1: know how much a carriage ride first cost when it
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  Speaker 1: started in 1863? Could you take a guess?
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  Speaker 2: What, a nickel?
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  Speaker 1: 25 cents a ride, each passenger. So it's really, inflation
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  Speaker 1: really kicked in. And I bet you the ride was longer. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Now this New Yorker, not so sure we should be
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  Speaker 1: doing away with an entire industry.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of people are going to be out of work.
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  Speaker 3: It's their livelihood. Personally, I like buses. You have to
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  Speaker 3: look at it in a whole, is it dangerous?
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  Speaker 1: Could be.
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  Speaker 3: Traffic out here is not like it was before. When
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  Speaker 3: they first started, things are different now. Do I think
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  Speaker 3: they should ban it? No, I think they should have
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  Speaker 3: a designated part of a park where they can continue
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  Speaker 3: to give people rides because that's what tourists come for.
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  Speaker 3: They come for the horse ride.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there is a designated part of the park where
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  Speaker 1: carriages are allowed to go. They're restricted to the inner
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  Speaker 1: park drives and specific pickup locations. So apparently... That's not
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  Speaker 1: enough for advocates who want to get rid of these things. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the transit union says it's ready to sue if this
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  Speaker 1: measure goes through, saying as soon as the ink dries,
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  Speaker 1: they want to TRO a temporary restraining order, even though
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  Speaker 1: it has a clause that sets up a horse-drawn cab
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  Speaker 1: industry transition plan by April of 2027. The MTA even says,
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  Speaker 1: come work for us.
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  Speaker 2: I think they should.
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  Speaker 3: Why not? Well, who would know the streets better than
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  Speaker 3: a horse carriage rider? Good benefits, great pension. Man, it's
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  Speaker 3: a good thing.
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  Speaker 2: But if you're.
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  Speaker 3: Manning a horse and carriage, you like the freedom of
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  Speaker 3: being outside. But pensions and benefits are always great.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so that's the trade-off here. Now, horse-drawn carriages are
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  Speaker 1: really the pinnacle, arguably, of New York City tourism. Everybody
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  Speaker 1: knows they're there. But pedicabs could be ready to fill
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  Speaker 1: that gap. An industry true New Yorkers seem to hate
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  Speaker 1: even more.
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  Speaker 3: Those pedicabs are ridiculous. They're very expensive. The other one
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  Speaker 3: gives you a ride around the park. It's really pretty.
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  Speaker 2: It's nice.
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  Speaker 5: Scam. If you're stupid enough to fall for it, I
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  Speaker 5: don't know what to tell you.
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  Speaker 1: When did it become like that? All of a sudden,
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  Speaker 1: people want to take these pedicab rides. They play music.
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  Speaker 3: And they're like, they look cute.
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  Speaker 5: $ 400 for like two miles. I'm the little bike guys
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  Speaker 5: with a little music. And I just want to be
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  Speaker 5: part of this. You know?
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  Speaker 2: I love the woman that said, I look cute in
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  Speaker 2: a pedicab. That's why I want to be in one.
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  Speaker 1: But it's true. People do it for the Instagram moment.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: They take the picture because there's the neon light behind them.
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  Speaker 1: And the ivory, all the ivy and all the leaves.
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  Speaker 1: And you're going through New York City and it's playing
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  Speaker 1: Frank Sinatra's New York, New York or Empire State of
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  Speaker 1: Mind by Jay-Z. Alicia Keys, is that it? Yeah, that's it.
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  Speaker 1: And they're blasting, and then they almost hit you, people say.
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  Speaker 1: And it's a lot of fun for New Yorkers to
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  Speaker 1: navigate them. But really... Well, you should.
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  Speaker 2: Do an ad for pedicabs. That was really good.
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  Speaker 1: But really, we're talking about these horses, which if the
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  Speaker 1: band goes into effect, it's June 2028. So it's going
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  Speaker 1: to take some time. You'll still see them and their droppings. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You will.
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  Speaker 1: But you, they're really resistant to this. But I know
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  Speaker 1: you've been, Curtis, you've been really.
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  Speaker 4: Well, let me tell you.
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  Speaker 2: Let me give credit to Side Talk, Choice of the
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  Speaker 2: Gen Z Nation. They're the ones who posted me drinking
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  Speaker 2: out of the trough.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was disgusting.
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  Speaker 2: The water. I can't believe you. Did you get sick? No.
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  Speaker 1: That's why you've been hacking it up these past few days.
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  Speaker 1: That's right. You got sick from the trough.
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  Speaker 4: You're right.
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  Speaker 1: That's disgusting.
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  Speaker 2: You probably have like a horse. You probably have like
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  Speaker 2: a horse.
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  Speaker 5: I've never.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my God, we got to get you to a doctor.
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  Speaker 1: I just put it together.
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  Speaker 2: I just put it together. Excuse me. This is my
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  Speaker 2: day here, Natalie Migliore. It got a million clicks. And
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  Speaker 2: I think this is the video that put it over
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  Speaker 2: the top. Wow, you are absolutely right. He's got some
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  Speaker 2: kind of weird horse disease.
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  Speaker 1: He needs a horse tie, and he's got to get
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  Speaker 1: to the doctor.
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  Speaker 2: Natalie Bigliore is going to be back tomorrow. Do I
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  Speaker 2: go to the horse vet?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah. At 7.50.