NYC Carriage Company Asked to Vacate Stables

One of New York's carriage companies is seeking new stables for nearly 30 horses during their busiest time of the year. The reason? Urban development.

Eric Bederman, press secretary for the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), said the current 31-stall Shamrock Stables location sits squarely on the city-owned footprint of planned multi-use

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One of New York's carriage companies is seeking new stables for nearly 30 horses during their busiest time of the year. The reason? Urban development.

Eric Bederman, press secretary for the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), said the current 31-stall Shamrock Stables location sits squarely on the city-owned footprint of planned multi-use construction.

"This project, which has been in the works for years, will add 1,300 new units of housing, with almost half being 'permanently affordable' homes, plus 10,000 square feet of retail space and a new public school that doubles the capacity of the existing one," said Bederman.

But why the relocation during December, traditionally the busiest month for New York's carriage industry? According to HPD, the project's demolition phase has been scheduled during the school's 2010 summer break for safety reasons, and a deadline was needed to get the stable relocation process under way. However, they anticipate that the horses will remain in place through year-end

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