Selling foie gras is about to be illegal. The delicacy is made from duck or goose liver that is fattened by force-feeding.

(An image from a video online showing a worker at a New York farm, which specializes in making foie gras, force-feeding a duck or a goose with corn to fatten their livers.)

Two farms specialize in the product in New York state.

"We have a level of consciousness in New York City, an awareness now, of what has been done to these animals for the sake of our own temporary satisfaction," Democratic Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera said.

And for that, foie gras will be banned. It is a bill that just passed in the health committee and is expected to get the nod of the full City Council this Wednesday.

It's part of a package of pro-animal rights' legislation that also includes stricter temperature restrictions for the operation of horse carriages in Manhattan.

"There's going to be an impact on business, we understand that," Democratic Manhattan Councilman Mark Levine said. "But when society's values evolve, we have to ask business to evolve its practices."

Up to now, horses are allowed to operate only when temperatures are below 90 degrees. Now, the city wants to go further: after 80 degrees, if the sum of temperature and relative humidity reaches 150, horses will have to stop working.

The industry fears about 17 summer days of no work at all and many more with partial stoppages. Horse owners say animals need to move to stay healthy.

"No question that it will hurt the ability for people to pay their expenses and earn their living," said Ariel Fintzi, a horse carriage owner. "But our main concern at this point is that our horses will be hurt by the people that have good intentions."

Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to ban horse carriages on Day 1 of his administration over five years ago, but the city has only been able to deliver stronger regulations.

"There hasn't been a conversation here in the last two years about banning horse carriages," Democratic City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said.

The industry says the city is trying to kill the business, little by little.

One pro-animal rights measure that is not ready to pass the council yet is a ban on the sale of fur. That bill will have to wait.

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