{"id":727,"date":"2020-11-24T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/?p=727"},"modified":"2021-12-28T14:33:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T14:33:46","slug":"louis-statement-on-the-passing-of-david-dinkins-nycs-first-and-only-black-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2020\/11\/24\/louis-statement-on-the-passing-of-david-dinkins-nycs-first-and-only-black-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Statement on the Passing of David Dinkins, NYC\u2019s First and Only Black Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CONTACT:<br \/>Kristia Winter, Communications Director<br \/>KWinter@council.nyc.gov, 718-629-2900<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW YORK &#8211; Council Member Farah Louis (D-Brooklyn)&nbsp;<\/strong>issued the following statement after the Honorable David Dinkins, New York City\u2019s first and only African-American mayor, died at home on Monday. He was 93.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STATEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom the United States Marine Corps to city and state government, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins was a man of humility with a heart for service to others. During his mayoralty, he championed issues that disproportionately affected marginalized populations across our city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Today, we mourn the loss of a man who believed in building communities and preserving our city\u2019s unparalleled cultural diversity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn behalf of my constituents in District 45, I send our thoughts and prayers to the Dinkins family during this time. May he rest in power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 93, he leaves behind two children, two grandchildren, and his sister, Joyce Belton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>New York City Council Member Farah N. Louis represents the 45th Council District, which is comprised of Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Marine Park, Flatlands, &amp; Kensington in Brooklyn, NY. She is a member of the committees on Civil Service and Labor; Economic Development; Education; Finance; Housing and Buildings; Youth Services; and Justice System. Council Member Louis is the Co-Chair of the Women\u2019s Caucus and Vice Co-Chair of the Black, Latino\/a, and Asian Caucus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT:<br \/>Kristia Winter, Communications Director<br \/>KWinter@council.nyc.gov, 718-629-2900<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK &#8211; Council Member Farah Louis (D-Brooklyn)&nbsp;<\/strong>issued the following statement after the Honorable David Dinkins, New York City\u2019s first and only African-American mayor, died at home on Monday. He was 93.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STATEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the United States Marine Corps to city and state government, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins was a man of humility with a heart for service to others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2020\/11\/24\/louis-statement-on-the-passing-of-david-dinkins-nycs-first-and-only-black-mayor\/\">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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727","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=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}