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src=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2026\/05\/670625545_18081580049625382_3036089465389373788_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2026\/05\/670625545_18081580049625382_3036089465389373788_n.jpg 472w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2026\/05\/670625545_18081580049625382_3036089465389373788_n-320x400.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"905\" data-id=\"1055\" src=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2026\/05\/670663921_18081580076625382_4021668278980084446_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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I wanted this to be a defining moment for them\u2014to see that their local elected official listened, took them seriously, and delivered\u2014installing new trash baskets along their block<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When these students came to me with a problem, I made a commitment to them that their voices would not be ignored\u2014and within months, we made government work on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>What started as a classroom project turned into real action because their advocacy was clear, thoughtful, and impossible to overlook. I wanted this to be a defining moment for them\u2014to see that their local elected official listened, took them seriously, and delivered\u2014installing new trash baskets along their block<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":338,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[90,112,76,164,86,249],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-albums","tag-amanda-farias","tag-bronx","tag-community","tag-district-18","tag-nyc","tag-trash-baskets"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 16:12:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/338"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}