{"id":138,"date":"2016-11-11T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.council.nyc\/press\/?p=138"},"modified":"2016-11-15T16:46:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T16:46:16","slug":"statement-from-new-york-city-council-speaker-melissa-mark-viverito-re-veterans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2016\/11\/11\/138\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Re: Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAs we honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice and those who are currently serving overseas, let us not forget that the commendable achievements our military they have made to this country. \u00a0From our Veterans Property Tax Exemption legislation, to standing with our vets to defend the GI bill, and creating the nation\u2019s largest standalone Department of Veteran Services, the City Council has been a long-time advocate and staunch supporter of our veterans.\u00a0 Recognizing the incredible contribution these soldiers have made in the name of freedom is in order. The sacrifices made by our troops and their families cannot be ignored and deserve to be honored by everyone across the five boroughs. \u00a0I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Veterans Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAs we honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice and those who are currently serving overseas, let us not forget that the commendable achievements our military they have made to this country. \u00a0From our Veterans Property Tax Exemption legislation, to standing with our vets to defend the GI bill, and creating the nation\u2019s largest standalone Department of Veteran Services, the City Council has been a long-time advocate and staunch supporter of our veterans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2016\/11\/11\/138\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}