Emma Vigeland
Role at the time: Co-host of The Majority Report, on her X account
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Emma Vigeland supports the Mamdani and Menin deal to end New York City's horse-carriage industry, saying the carriages are cruel and abolition is past due, while calling for a soft landing for drivers.
“I know Mamdani is bucking the union here, and there should be efforts to give these drivers a soft landing, but these carriages are unfathomably cruel (many horses have died!) and its abolition is past due.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Emma Vigeland's X post on the NYC horse-carriage phaseout · Emma VigelandX post 2110085521271652591, quoting a post by @C_Sommerfeldt
Emma Vigeland posted this on X on October 13, 2026, quoting a post about the Mamdani-Menin horse-carriage deal.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Relative to the phaseout, Vigeland expressly supports abolishing the carriages. Her call for a soft landing for drivers does not make that support conditional.