{"id":188,"date":"2025-01-02T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/?p=188"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:22:28","slug":"statement-from-new-york-city-council-majority-whip-selvena-n-brooks-powers-on-the-mass-shooting-at-amazura-nightclub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/2025\/01\/02\/statement-from-new-york-city-council-majority-whip-selvena-n-brooks-powers-on-the-mass-shooting-at-amazura-nightclub\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from New York City Council Majority Whip Selvena N. Brooks Powers on the Mass Shooting at Amazura Nightclub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New York, NY<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 I am deeply heartbroken by the tragic mass shooting at Amazura nightclub on New Year&#8217;s Day. My heartfelt condolences go out to the young people who were wounded and their families. I am keeping them in my prayers for a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The celebration of life for Taerion Mungo, a victim of gun violence, should never have ended in this tragedy. Yesterday&#8217;s events serve as a somber reminder that illegal guns must be removed from our streets to ensure a safer New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please stay vigilant, as the perpetrators have not yet been apprehended. If you have any information that can help, please contact local law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Media Contact for Majority Whip Selvena Brooks-Powers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julian Martin | <a href=\"mailto:jmartin@council.nyc.gov\">jmartin@council.nyc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New York, NY<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 I am deeply heartbroken by the tragic mass shooting at Amazura nightclub on New Year&#8217;s Day. My heartfelt condolences go out to the young people who were wounded and their families. I am keeping them in my prayers for a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration of life for Taerion Mungo, a victim of gun violence, should never have ended in this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/2025\/01\/02\/statement-from-new-york-city-council-majority-whip-selvena-n-brooks-powers-on-the-mass-shooting-at-amazura-nightclub\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}