Public Voices for the New York City Carriage Horses

Preet should probe horses too (April 16, 2016: New York Daily News)

Manhattan: New Yorkers have been following the unfolding investigation of contributors to Mayor de Blasio’s Campaign For One New York and the possibility they have received special favors. A heretofore non-public document that I received from the Economic Development Corp. through the New York State Freedom of Information Law adds an important new fact to the discussion.

A request for proposals issued on March 30, 2015, by the Economic Development Corp. acting on behalf of the mayor’s office solicited proposals to conduct an environmental and economic assessment of the mayor’s proposed carriage horse ban. This RFP was issued after prominent supporters of the ban met with de Blasio on Feb. 27 and then on March 2 contributed $100,000 to the Campaign for One New York. Without such a study, a City Council ban bill introduced in December 2014 could not have moved forward. The possibility that the mayor solicited the donation and that RFP was issued in return for must be investigated by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. The people of New York deserve to know the truth. Craig Sheldon