{"id":1439,"date":"2017-07-04T14:02:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T14:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=1439"},"modified":"2017-07-05T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T14:04:02","slug":"statement-by-speaker-melissa-mark-viverito-re-independence-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2017\/07\/04\/1439\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Re: Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOn the 241<sup>st<\/sup> anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we face a significant crossroads in our nation as we grapple with our values and those who represent them. Although these conflicts can be trying, this day serves as a reminder of just how fortunate we are to enjoy the freedoms of this country \u2013 of dissent and of individual liberty. Our best wishes are with all New Yorkers as they celebrate life and the pursuit of happiness on this Independence Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOn the 241st anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we face a significant crossroads in our nation as we grapple with our values and those who represent them. Although these conflicts can be trying, this day serves as a reminder of just how fortunate we are to enjoy the freedoms of this country \u2013 of dissent and of individual liberty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2017\/07\/04\/1439\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}