{"id":281,"date":"2015-01-09T18:19:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T18:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.council.nyc\/press\/?p=281"},"modified":"2016-12-09T18:19:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T18:19:28","slug":"statement-by-speaker-mark-viverito-re-proposal-by-president-obama-to-fund-two-free-years-of-community-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2015\/01\/09\/281\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by Speaker Mark-Viverito Re: Proposal by President Obama to Fund Two Free Years of Community College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA college degree opens doors to countless opportunities for young people in New York City  and across the nation, and I commend President Obama for an innovative and thoughtful plan that will change lives and trajectories. Funding two free years of community college will make the dream of a higher education affordable and accessible for close to 9 million students across America and right here in New York City, providing them with the support they need to succeed. I thank President Obama for believing in  our future and paving the way for the next of generation of leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA college degree opens doors to countless opportunities for young people in New York City  and across the nation, and I commend President Obama for an innovative and thoughtful plan that will change lives and trajectories. Funding two free years of community college will make the dream of a higher education affordable and accessible for close to 9 million students across America and right here in New York City, providing them with the support they need to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2015\/01\/09\/281\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}