Following the August slaying, the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, in collaboration with a number of organizations, began carrying out outreach activities at nearly 50 beauty salons in Jackson Heights to let residents know about the resources available to victims and survivors.
‘Legislation to reform New York’s bail and discovery laws will protect victims of violence—particularly when they become defendants.’
‘Pretend you were talking to an NRA member in a low-population, low-crime state like New Hampshire or Utah, where the rate of gun violence is much lower than in New York. If that person wondered into the exhibit, what would you want them to take away from it?’
‘What makes a healthy dance is often the same thing that makes a healthy relationship. Communication, patience, equity — without those a dance falls apart.’
‘The very presence of ICE in our courthouses and the threat of detention and deportation deters many victims of domestic violence from ever coming to court and seeking the protections that are rightfully theirs.’
The first lady, who is heavily involved in the multi-faceted effort to improve mental-healthcare in New York, says she has put running for office herself ‘on the list’ of potential next acts.
A stint volunteering on the annual HOPE tally of the street homeless ‘made me stop thinking about homelessness as one big crisis and forced me instead to see what it really is: 70,000 individual crises.’
There has been a growing awareness in recent years of the devastating physical and psychological effects of domestic violence, but many people are not aware of the financial impact of abuse.
A pilot program gives women alleging abuse the chance to obtain a temporary order of protection via videoconference, allowing them to avoid the dangers and difficulties inherent in a trip to court. Can the program expand without raising fairness concerns?
Nearly half of domestic violence victims stay in abusive situations because they don’t want to leave their pet behind. And leaving their pet behind is what most DV shelters would require them to do.
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