{"id":169,"date":"2023-01-31T17:15:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=169"},"modified":"2023-02-06T17:16:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:16:24","slug":"local-electeds-community-orgs-step-up-to-help-asylum-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/01\/31\/local-electeds-community-orgs-step-up-to-help-asylum-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Local electeds, community orgs step up to help asylum seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/asylum-seekers-brooklyn-aid-migrant\/\">Brooklyn Paper<\/a> &#8211; \u201cWhen we learned there were two emergency shelters opening in our district, our office immediately sprung into action,\u201d said Council Member Shahana Hanif, who represents Park Slope and the surrounding areas. \u201cWe are engaged with government partners in [the Department of Homeless Services] and [Mayor\u2019s Office of Immigrant Affairs] to get an accurate headcount and understanding of the facilities and services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The local pol began seeking out ways to aid organizations in their efforts to help support the newly arrived immigrants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are coordinating with on-the-ground organizations like the Gowanus Mutual Aid, CHiPS, and Mixteca, who we knew are serving asylum seekers in our district, to see what they needed, what they were hearing, and how we could support them,\u201d Hanif said. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/asylum-seekers-brooklyn-aid-migrant\/\">Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/asylum-seekers-brooklyn-aid-migrant\/\">Brooklyn Paper<\/a> &#8211; \u201cWhen we learned there were two emergency shelters opening in our district, our office immediately sprung into action,\u201d said Council Member Shahana Hanif, who represents Park Slope and the surrounding areas. \u201cWe are engaged with government partners in [the Department of Homeless Services] and [Mayor\u2019s Office of Immigrant Affairs] to get an accurate headcount and understanding of the facilities and services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The local pol began seeking out ways to aid organizations in their efforts to help support the newly arrived immigrants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/01\/31\/local-electeds-community-orgs-step-up-to-help-asylum-seekers\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}