Queens Councilman Tony Avella has introduced a bill that would ban the existence of carriage horses in NYC. Another Queens Councilman, James Gennaro, is looking to preserve the practice of equine cabbies that populate the streets of and around Central Park. Manhattan council members are perhaps showing some political horse sense from bowing out of this particular fight. While wanting to preserve the tradition of the horse-drawn carriage trade, Gennaro is also suggesting a......

We've heard of 'roid rage and road rage, but who knew there was a rooster rage (outside of a farm, at least). The ASPCA responded to a call about a headless rooster on the fire escape of an Inwood apartment building, and found out that 52 year old Humberto Rodriguez had bit his pet rooster's head and broke its wings. Rodriguez said he got mad because the rooster attacked his pet baby pigeons. OF COURSE......

With Katrina and Rita devastating parts of the country, New York City is either justifiably worried about what will happen if a hurricane strikes here or suffers from hurricane envy (we doubt the latter). It's a political issue, as Fernando Ferrer claims the city http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28402.htm">is currently be unprepared, and the Mayor responds that, in fact, we are prepared. Those opinions are unsurprising as Ferrer will do anything to point out holes in the Bloomberg's administration......

Okay, Gothamist has to give it up for the Diddy. P. Diddy's entry is going to bring more attention to the (ING) New York City Marathon that the New York Road Runners Club knows what to do with. We're not sure if this is a good or bad thing yet (Pros: Supporting great causes, showing that running can be for anyone; Cons: Takes attention away from the top runners and turns the event into......