this is as new york mayor elect bill de blasio say it's over. soon they may be a thing of the past. tomorrow new york mayor elect bill de blasio takes the reins from current mayor mike bloomberg. >> we are going to get rid of the horse carriages, period. >> reporter: they have been offered in central park for more than a hundred years. they've been celebrated on film here in barefoot in the park and on tv, including sex in the city. >> and i wasn't going to question any of it. not even how he found a horse-drawn sleigh in the middle of manhattan. >> reporter: and they've been on the top of so many tourists must-do list. >> don't get rid of the horses or we won't come back.