New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverto accompanied by members of the City Council, speaks at a press conference

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New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverto accompanied by members of the City Council, speaks at a press conference in the Red Room at City Hall in New York on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Mark-Viverto discussed pending foster care legislation and addressed questions pertaining to the ongoing movement to ban carriage horses. Recently City Councilmember Rafael Espinal of Brooklyn announced his opposition to the mayor's ban on carriage horses. Espinal is the chair of the Consumer Affairs committee which oversees the carriage horse industry. (© Richard B. Levine)

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