{"id":2338,"date":"2023-01-09T15:23:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T15:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2023-01-09T15:23:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T15:23:16","slug":"statement-from-speaker-adams-on-anniversary-of-twin-parks-fire-and-17-abdoule-touray-way-street-co-naming-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2023\/01\/09\/2338\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Speaker Adams on Anniversary of Twin Parks Fire and \u201c17 Abdoule Touray Way\u201d Street Co-Naming Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cToday, our hearts are heavy in remembrance of the lives lost last year to one of the deadliest fires in our city\u2019s history. I stand with the families and community gathering today to reflect on the seventeen lives that were cut short too soon. Many are also coming together today for a street co-naming ceremony in honor of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/12\/nyregion\/gambian-residents-bronx-apartment-fire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abdoule Touray<\/a>, a beloved father and Islamic community leader, who embodied the spirit of New York. Touray helped establish the resilient Gambian and West African community around Twin Parks, welcoming immigrants from his homeland and neighboring countries with accommodations and access to spiritual services. We join in honoring Touray\u2019s legacy as part of today\u2019s memorial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis past year, the Council passed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2022\/05\/19\/2186\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">critical legislation<\/a>&nbsp;to improve fire safety regulations for all New Yorkers. The Twin Parks Citywide Taskforce on Fire Prevention will continue advancing legislative oversight to ensure the City is doing all it can to avert harm and injuries from preventable fires.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cToday, our hearts are heavy in remembrance of the lives lost last year to one of the deadliest fires in our city\u2019s history. I stand with the families and community gathering today to reflect on the seventeen lives that were cut short too soon. Many are also coming together today for a street co-naming ceremony in honor of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/12\/nyregion\/gambian-residents-bronx-apartment-fire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abdoule Touray<\/a>, a beloved father and Islamic community leader, who embodied the spirit of New York.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2023\/01\/09\/2338\/\">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-2338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338","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=2338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}