{"id":2331,"date":"2022-12-21T19:46:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2022-12-21T19:46:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:46:55","slug":"statement-from-black-latino-and-asian-caucus-blac-on-mayor-adams-request-to-cut-council-grants-for-critical-non-profit-service-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2022\/12\/21\/2331\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Black, Latino and Asian Caucus (BLAC) on Mayor Adams\u2019 Request to Cut Council Grants for Critical Non-Profit Service Providers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In response to Mayor Adams\u2019 intention to cut City Council grant funding, the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus released the following statement:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor years, the City Council has provided the grants to support non-profit service providers that communities of color rely upon as a lifeline. The mayor\u2019s request to slash these resources for communities by 50% is counterproductive and would only harm the health and safety of the Black and brown New Yorkers <a>he<\/a> has proclaimed wanting to help. With this shortsighted approach, the Mayor is suggesting the City further shortchange Black, Latino and Asian communities by attacking the integral organizations they rely on to be safe. New Yorkers deserve an effective government that invests in them, not one that seeks to undermine community partners and services that are critical to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>In response to Mayor Adams\u2019 intention to cut City Council grant funding, the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus released the following statement:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years, the City Council has provided the grants to support non-profit service providers that communities of color rely upon as a lifeline. The mayor\u2019s request to slash these resources for communities by 50% is counterproductive and would only harm the health and safety of the Black and brown New Yorkers <a>he<\/a> has proclaimed wanting to help.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2022\/12\/21\/2331\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331","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\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}