{"id":55378,"date":"2025-04-19T19:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T23:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=55378"},"modified":"2025-04-19T19:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T23:59:39","slug":"lakeland-native-jazi-riley-gains-appointment-to-new-york-city-urban-fellow-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/04\/19\/lakeland-native-jazi-riley-gains-appointment-to-new-york-city-urban-fellow-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland native Jazi Riley gains appointment to New York City Urban Fellow program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jazi Riley, a Lakeland native, has been named a New York City Urban Fellow for 2025-2026. Riley is a student at Manhattan University, <\/a>a Lasallian Catholic institution in the Bronx, where she is in her second year as student body president.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Urban Fellows program is a highly competitive, nine-month fellowship program that explores current urban issues through learning seminars and exposure to public sector leaders, according to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services. Urban Fellows are placed in agencies across the city to learn about public policy and work with department leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riley\u2019s policy statement focused on addressing the significant gaps in New York\u2019s legislative framework in combating sex trafficking, prosecuting offenders and strengthening prevention efforts involving minors, according to a news release from Manhattan University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo much of what I achieved thus far can be attributed to the inclusive campus that characterizes Manhattan University,\u201d Riley said in a news release. \u201cAs a first-generation college student, I learned early that resilience and ambition can transcend even the toughest circumstances. At Manhattan, everyone wants everyone to succeed!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riley, a 2021 graduate of Victory Christian Academy, is pursuing a double major in political science and philosophy. She was a Branigan Research Scholar last semester, investigating the interplay between industry and jazz music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur entire community is so proud of Jazi,\u201d Manhattan University President Frederick Bonato said in the release. \u201cBecoming an Urban Fellow is a highly coveted opportunity, and Jazi\u2019s leadership skills, coupled with her deep interest on the intersection of community involvement and policy, makes her a particularly appropriate awardee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riley served as a summer legal intern in the State Attorney\u2019s Office for the 10 th Judicial Circuit in Bartow in 2023 and is now an intern in the Bronx Economic Development Corp., the release said. She will graduate from Manhattan University in May with a bachelor of arts and science. Her urban fellowship begins in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jazi Riley, a Lakeland native, has been named a New York City Urban Fellow for 2025-2026. Riley is a student at Manhattan University, a Lasallian Catholic institution in the Bronx, where she… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"12","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDRcL1NjcmVlbnNob3QtODktNi53ZWJwP2ZpdD01MTUlMkM0ODQmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJMYWtlbGFuZCBuYXRpdmUgSmF6aSBSaWxleSBnYWlucyBhcHBvaW50bWVudCB0byBOZXcgWW9yayBDaXR5IFVyYmFuIEZlbGxvdyBwcm9ncmFtIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJoaWdod2F5IiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.CQKLcR-9t0aKXEhixuGqSeVtdWcjXkE_0a8xAO0QL1sMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":55379,"url":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-89-6.webp","type":"image\/png"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[11370],"class_list":["post-55378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-lakeland-native-jazi-riley-gains-appointment-to-new-york-city-urban-fellow-program"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55380,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55378\/revisions\/55380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}