{"id":9340,"date":"2022-12-20T13:52:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T18:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T13:52:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T18:52:54","slug":"local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Elected Officials Patner in a Successful Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway in East New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>pictured (l to r, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez, Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, Senator Roxanne Persaud)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This past weekend community members and local elected officials partnered for the Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway, in East New York. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, Senator Roxanne Persaud, and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez came together to provide free toys for children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assemblywoman Lucas stated<\/strong>, &#8220;the turnout of support for our Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway was amazing. Thanks to all partners that came through with toys and thanks to the many parents who brought their children out for a wonderful day of celebration. I\u2019m wishing everyone a safe and wonderful holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The toy drive was a huge success in my eyes. Families not only received toys but were entertained by carolers, Mrs. Claus, her elves, and there was a performance from New Wave Dance.\u00a0 The event was well organized, and it was great to see so many public officials there to support the families of East New York. It was overall a wonderful experience&#8221;, stated <strong>community resident, Dailia Bobb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parent and volunteer, <strong>Travena Smith<\/strong> said, &#8220;I\u2019m happy I came out to volunteer. Especially having my five year old daughter Tyvena with me. It put a smile on my face to watch her help others.\u00a0 This event was beautiful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donna Freeman<\/strong> added, &#8220;We had a pleasure attending the Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway as a family and looking forward to future events with our leaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15970\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Winter-Toy-Giveaway-Collage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/breaking-news\/\"><strong>SUBSCRIBE to EastNewYork.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>pictured (l to r, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez, Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, Senator Roxanne Persaud) This past weekend community members and local elected officials partnered for the Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway, in East New York. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, Senator Roxanne Persaud, and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez came together to provide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,76,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-features","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Local Elected Officials Patner in a Successful Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway in East New York - East New York News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Local Elected Officials Patner in a Successful Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway in East New York\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"pictured (l to r, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez, Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, Senator Roxanne Persaud) This past weekend community members and local elected officials partnered for the Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway, in East New York. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, Senator Roxanne Persaud, and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez came together to provide [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"East New York News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EastNewYorkNews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-20T18:52:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Nikki-Hakeem-PErsaud-DA-Gonzalez.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"546\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samantha Thompson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@eastnewyorknews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@eastnewyorknews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samantha Thompson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Samantha Thompson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#\/schema\/person\/07c21f17da35d8d60c53670447af7f6c\"},\"headline\":\"Local Elected Officials Patner in a Successful Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway in East New York\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-20T18:52:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/\"},\"wordCount\":262,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Nikki-Hakeem-PErsaud-DA-Gonzalez.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Events\",\"Features\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/\",\"name\":\"Local Elected Officials Patner in a Successful Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway in East New York - East New York News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Nikki-Hakeem-PErsaud-DA-Gonzalez.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-20T18:52:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Nikki-Hakeem-PErsaud-DA-Gonzalez.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Nikki-Hakeem-PErsaud-DA-Gonzalez.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":546},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Local Elected Officials Patner in a Successful Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway in East New York\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/\",\"name\":\"East New York News\",\"description\":\"News and Information on East New York Development Politics Politics Housing &amp; events\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#organization\",\"name\":\"East New York News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/eny-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/eny-logo.png\",\"width\":360,\"height\":71,\"caption\":\"East New York News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EastNewYorkNews\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/eastnewyorknews\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eastnewyorknews\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#\/schema\/person\/07c21f17da35d8d60c53670447af7f6c\",\"name\":\"Samantha Thompson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6abe9c21ad218903e8790f0318106e5b63607b2e069c46543fde6c587a6ae03?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6abe9c21ad218903e8790f0318106e5b63607b2e069c46543fde6c587a6ae03?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Samantha Thompson\"},\"description\":\"EastNewYork.com is the digital media source for East New York. Be sure to subscribe to our Newsletter, and contact us if you have questions or want to be involved.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/author\/eastnewyorknews\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Local Elected Officials Patner in a Successful Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway in East New York - East New York News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Local Elected Officials Patner in a Successful Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway in East New York","og_description":"pictured (l to r, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez, Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, Senator Roxanne Persaud) This past weekend community members and local elected officials partnered for the Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway, in East New York. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, Senator Roxanne Persaud, and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez came together to provide [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/","og_site_name":"East New York News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EastNewYorkNews\/","article_published_time":"2022-12-20T18:52:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":546,"url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Nikki-Hakeem-PErsaud-DA-Gonzalez.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Samantha Thompson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@eastnewyorknews","twitter_site":"@eastnewyorknews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samantha Thompson","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/"},"author":{"name":"Samantha Thompson","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#\/schema\/person\/07c21f17da35d8d60c53670447af7f6c"},"headline":"Local Elected Officials Patner in a Successful Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway in East New York","datePublished":"2022-12-20T18:52:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/"},"wordCount":262,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Nikki-Hakeem-PErsaud-DA-Gonzalez.jpg","articleSection":["Events","Features","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/","url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/","name":"Local Elected Officials Patner in a Successful Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway in East New York - East New York News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Nikki-Hakeem-PErsaud-DA-Gonzalez.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-20T18:52:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Nikki-Hakeem-PErsaud-DA-Gonzalez.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Nikki-Hakeem-PErsaud-DA-Gonzalez.jpg","width":700,"height":546},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/local-elected-officials-patner-in-a-successful-winter-wonderland-toy-giveaway-in-east-new-york\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Local Elected Officials Patner in a Successful Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaway in East New York"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/","name":"East New York News","description":"News and Information on East New York Development Politics Politics Housing &amp; events","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#organization","name":"East New York News","url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/eny-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/eny-logo.png","width":360,"height":71,"caption":"East New York News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EastNewYorkNews\/","https:\/\/x.com\/eastnewyorknews","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eastnewyorknews\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#\/schema\/person\/07c21f17da35d8d60c53670447af7f6c","name":"Samantha Thompson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6abe9c21ad218903e8790f0318106e5b63607b2e069c46543fde6c587a6ae03?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6abe9c21ad218903e8790f0318106e5b63607b2e069c46543fde6c587a6ae03?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Samantha Thompson"},"description":"EastNewYork.com is the digital media source for East New York. Be sure to subscribe to our Newsletter, and contact us if you have questions or want to be involved.","sameAs":["https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork"],"url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/author\/eastnewyorknews\/"}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}