{"id":2926,"date":"2025-07-28T23:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T03:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2025-07-28T23:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T03:46:13","slug":"statement-from-new-york-city-council-speaker-adrienne-adams-on-shooting-in-midtown-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2025\/07\/28\/2926\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on Shooting in Midtown Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI extend my solemn condolences to the loved ones of those murdered in tonight\u2019s horrific Midtown Manhattan shooting, including NYPD Officer Islam and several other New Yorkers. My heart is with the victims\u2019 loved ones, all those affected by this traumatic incident, and the entire NYPD family, and I pray for the recovery of the injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis horrible act leaves us angry to once again mourn yet another display of senseless gun violence that has repeatedly harmed our city and the entire nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for the first responders who rushed to tonight\u2019s devastating scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur city is mourning, and we are united in heartfelt grief for the tragic loss of precious lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI extend my solemn condolences to the loved ones of those murdered in tonight\u2019s horrific Midtown Manhattan shooting, including NYPD Officer Islam and several other New Yorkers. My heart is with the victims\u2019 loved ones, all those affected by this traumatic incident, and the entire NYPD family, and I pray for the recovery of the injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis horrible act leaves us angry to once again mourn yet another display of senseless gun violence that has repeatedly harmed our city and the entire nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2025\/07\/28\/2926\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926","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\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}