Exclusive | Family of teen tourist killed in NYC horse carriage horror calls on City Council to do the right thing ahead of landmark hearing

The family of the teen tourist tragically killed when he was thrown from a horse-drawn carriage in Central Park is urging the City Council to “do the right thing” and ban the iconic rides ahead of a landmark hearing Wednesday.Hundreds of people have signed up to testify at the hearing over a proposed bill — re-named “Romanch’s Law” following 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan’s June 16 death — that would phase out the 160-year-old industry for good.“Our beautiful child was senselessly, needlessly taken away from us,” Mahajan’s uncle, Gorav Mahajan, said in a video message sent to City Council Speaker Julie Menin and obtained by The Post Monday night.“His death was entirely preventable.In fact, it could’ve been worse – we could’ve lost our entire family in that horrific incident.”The teen, his parents and his 11-year-old brother had gotten to the Big Apple from India for a dream vacation just three days before the fateful ride in the Manhattan green space, relatives have said.The family was posing for a photo, which their horse-carriage driver was taking, when the horse, named Sampson, got spooked and suddenly took off — sending Mahajan’s mother, Priya, tumbling out first, before the teen fell, too, and was fatally injured.“The remaining members of our family managed to survive, but the next family may not be as lucky,” Gorav Mahajan said in the video.The family is now demanding “absolute accountability,” he added.Formerly known as Ryder’s Law — after the carriage horse that collapsed, and later died, on city streets in 2022 — the bill under consideration was first pitched that year by then-Councilman Bob Holden, but it never made it to a voteIn November, the Council’s health panel refused to advance the bill out of committee despite support from then-Mayor Eric Adams and the Central Park Conservancy.The measure was reintroduced for consideration again this year by Councilman Chris Marte, who was set to rally for it outsi...