Wong questions on Executive Order 56 and horse death inspections

A question regarding

and mayor's executive order.

Let me get to that.

Mayor Eric Adams issued Executive Order 56 in September 2025, directing your agency,

that's DCWP, to identify alternative employment for carriage workers.

Between September 2025 and today, were any workers contacted?

And how many will offer services and how many will place the new jobs?

Please answer that.

Thank you for the question, Councilmember.

Well, my understanding at the time is the first deputy mayor's office actually ended up taking the lead on engaging with the industry on winding down pursuant to the executive order.

I know they engaged in active conversations, particularly with labor partners, but also had staff operating in the field in Central Park to liaise with workers.

That's my understanding of the touch point of what the Adams administration ended up doing under that executive order.

So there's not the responsibility of DCW to reach out to the carriage workers?

We work closely with them to provide them contact information and data, and then the mayor's office ended up taking the lead on the next steps on that.

You know, I think as I mentioned as well earlier in my testimony, workforce development is not necessarily something that DCBP currently administers or engages in.

There are other agencies across the city that do that work.

And I think are part of the administration's now response to implementing this bill.

All right, thank you.

Question for DOHMH.

Your agency has been responsible for inspecting and licensing carriage horses in the city.

The horse rider was cleared as fit to work, yet was found to be nearly 30 years old and suffering from a neurological disease.

The horse lady died in the street.

Another horse, Denise, died in the park.

Question, how many inspections were conducted on each of these horses in the 12 months before their deaths, and what did those inspections actually find?

Please answer that.

So for Denise, I did want to note that

the report following Denise's death, as everyone will probably remember, was that that horse had ingested a toxic plant.

And I did want to highlight that our course for drivers includes the Parks Department requirement that horses not disturb the vegetation.

Okay.

Thank you.

Well, were there any inspections done on these horses before they died?

We can pull up the certifications that the horses'veterinarians would have provided to us in order to be licensed.

Okay, thank you very much.

Councilmember Areola.