{"id":1146,"date":"2022-01-06T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2025-03-13T20:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:32:15","slug":"louis-congratulates-first-black-nyc-council-speaker-adrienne-e-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2022\/01\/06\/louis-congratulates-first-black-nyc-council-speaker-adrienne-e-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Congratulates First Black NYC Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CONTACT:<br \/><\/strong>District45@council.nyc.gov<br \/><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>BROOKLYN, NY<\/strong>: <strong>Council Member Farah N. Louis (D-Brooklyn)<\/strong>, Co-Chair of the New York City Council&#8217;s Women\u2019s Caucus, released the following statement after the New York City Council elected Adrienne E. Adams as the city\u2019s first African-American speaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>STATEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yesterday, my colleagues and I at the New York City Council made history by electing Adrienne E. Adams as the first African-American Speaker of the now majority women lead legislative body. Speaker Adams&#8217; election is not only a symbolic elevation as the city\u2019s first Black Speaker, but it&#8217;s an opportunity for New York City to turn a page with new leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her ascension to the position marks a major victory for underserved and communities of color in New York. Her election is a push through the glass and metal ceilings that marks a major victory against old back-room dealings of politics and ushers this legislative body into a new era of leadership while it faces some of its greatest challenges, to protect and provide for all New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under Speaker Adams\u2019 leadership, I am confident that we will focus our actions on the people who keep New York City running: women. There can be no recovery without centering women because every issue essentially is a women&#8217;s issue. From maternal health to mental health; whether it is equality in pay, childcare, access to resources; or, providing protection under the law \u2013 the women of New York City have allies in this Council and a champion in Speaker Adrienne Adams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I look forward to working with Speaker Adams to continue to champion legislation and policies that advance our city forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations, Madame Speaker!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CONTACT:<br \/><\/strong>District45@council.nyc.gov<br \/><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>BROOKLYN, NY<\/strong>: <strong>Council Member Farah N. Louis (D-Brooklyn)<\/strong>, Co-Chair of the New York City Council&#8217;s Women\u2019s Caucus, released the following statement after the New York City Council elected Adrienne E. Adams as the city\u2019s first African-American speaker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STATEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yesterday, my colleagues and I at the New York City Council made history by electing Adrienne E.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2022\/01\/06\/louis-congratulates-first-black-nyc-council-speaker-adrienne-e-adams\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}