{"id":1627,"date":"2018-07-23T20:10:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T20:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2018-07-31T17:55:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T17:55:47","slug":"statement-by-speaker-corey-johnson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2018\/07\/23\/1627\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by Speaker Corey Johnson Re: Anniversary of the Death of Former New York City Council Member James E. Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always important to remember those who came before you, and today the City Council remembers one of our own, Council Member James Davis. James\u00a0was taken from us\u00a015 years ago today in a shooting inside City Hall. His\u00a0death is tragic for so many reasons, and the fact that it happened inside our city\u2019s seat of government is a reminder that senseless gun violence can occur anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>James Davis knew that and that is why he founded the Love Yourself Stop the Violence Foundation. Their\u00a0work continues now\u00a0as the James E. Davis Stop the Violence Foundation. I am glad Davis\u2019s organization is still here, working every day to prevent needless violence in our communities.<\/p>\n<p>Here at the City Council, Davis\u2019s legacy also lives on. His name is etched above the door to the Members\u2019 Lounge here in City Hall, and I think of him often.\u00a0My thoughts and prayers, and the thoughts and prayers of my fellow Council Members, are with the family, friends and former colleagues of James Davis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always important to remember those who came before you, and today the City Council remembers one of our own, Council Member James Davis. James\u00a0was taken from us\u00a015 years ago today in a shooting inside City Hall. His\u00a0death is tragic for so many reasons, and the fact that it happened inside our city\u2019s seat of government is a reminder that senseless gun violence can occur anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2018\/07\/23\/1627\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}