A popular tourist attraction in Central Park, the controversial horse carriages have been a hot topic in the City for the past several years. Unable to ban them completely despite his promise to do so on his first day in office, Mayor Bill de Blasio recently made some improvements to how the horses are treated, but they don't go far enough. In this heartbreaking video from our friends at NowThis News, see what life is really like for the working carriage horses in Central Park.

Life can be incredibly tough for New York City carriage horses. The Central Park horses are shackled into their carriages. The horses go from navigating New York traffic to being kept in confined stables. Their treatment has raised ethical questions of animal abuse and cruelty.

While the sub in subway implies that our local transit service is completely underground, as locals and some savvy tourists know, a large percentage of the lines run above ground, especially in the outer boroughs. Local Redditor enjineer30302 recently setup a camera in the front of a J train and filmed as s/he traveled from Marcy Avenue to Broadway Junction in Brooklyn, all above ground.

Front of the J (it was an R32, so there's nothing obstructing the view to the tracks), and I just stood there and held my phone against the glass - tripods without a permit aren't allowed on the subway […] Hyperlapse by Instagram

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