The Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence

Monthly Bulletin

November 2022

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Our annual “16 Days,” campaign begins on November 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and runs through December 10 - International Human Rights Day. We encourage you to:

JOIN US: Visit the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign website to help support ENDGBV, the NYC Commission on Gender Equity (CGE), and the Mayor’s Office of Equity (MOE) on our annual campaign. With resources for survivors, an event calendar, and stats, we are focused on mobilizing activists, government leaders, students, academia, and the private sector locally to raise awareness and call for an end to GBV — a fundamental human rights violation that must end.

DOWNLOAD OUR TOOLKIT: The 16 Days campaign toolkit is available here. This toolkit is a great resource that outlines how to engage with your community, help spread awareness and support survivors.

ATTEND OR HOST EVENTS: We invite all New Yorkers and New York City organizations to attend and/or host an in-person or virtual event. You can also post your own free, public event to the citywide Campaign Calendar by filling out the Event Submission Form on the campaign website.

SHARE RESOURCES: Help us ensure that New York City leads in its actions to prevent and eliminate gender-based violence by sharing the website, NYCHope, New York City’s online portal of gender-based violence and resources for survivors, with your colleagues, friends, and networks, and by amplifying our campaign on social media.

WEAR ORANGE: Help spread awareness about GBV by wearing orange, the campaign’s official color, on November 28 and post your pictures to social media with the hashtags #NYCAgainstGBV and #OrangeTheWorld. Also, look out for NYC buildings and landmarks to light up orange on November 28!

Awareness, outreach, and education are key tools to prevent GBV and support survivors. We hope you can join us in this effort to create a safer city for all New Yorkers.

Help is Available:

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic or gender-based violence, help is available:

Call 311 and ask to be connected to the nearest NYC Family Justice Center

Find resources and support in NYC by searching New York City's HOPE Resource Directory online at www.nyc.gov/NYCHOPE

Call New York City's 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline:

800-621-HOPE

(4673) for immediate safety planning, shelter assistance, and other resources. TTY: 866-604-5350

In an emergency, dial 911

WHAT’S NEW

One-year Window for Survivors to file Civil Lawsuits under NYC Adult Survivors Act begins November 24, 2022

NYS Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the Adult Survivors Act in Albany, NY on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (Mike Groll/Office of the Governor)

The Adult Survivors Act was signed into law in May 2022. The law creates a one-year window for adult survivors –aged 18 or over who have experienced, sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and other criminal sexual acts to file civil lawsuits against their abusers, regardless of when the abuse occurred.

The Adult Survivors Act recognizes that coming forward after experiencing sexual violence is difficult for many reasons including stigma, the ongoing impacts of trauma and lack of recourse through the criminal justice system. Others may not have had the knowledge of legal options or resources to bring a lawsuit in the short-term aftermath of their abuse. This law, along with the Child Victims Act that was signed into law in 2019, provides survivors with a new opportunity to hold their abusers accountable in civil court when they might otherwise be time-barred from doing so.

The one-year window for survivors to file civil lawsuits under the Adult Survivors Act begins November 24, 2022.

ENDGBV Expands HOME+ Program, Connecting Survivors to Free Home Security Resources to Promote Safety

ENDGBV has announced the expansion of HOME+, a program that provides free and confidential security resources to survivors of domestic and gender-based violence who want to stay in their homes instead of entering shelter or going somewhere else. The program first launched in 2021 to provide survivors with emergency-response systems, personal alarms that clients can customize to notify trusted family, friends, service providers or police when activated. HOME+ has expanded to provide survivors with additional options, including lock, door, and window repair and replacement services, when appropriate, including basic lock

installation/replacement within 24 hours.

HOME+ is a redesign of New York City Human Resources Administration’s (HRA) Alternative to Shelter (ATS) program and operates through partnerships between ENDGBV and local domestic and gender-based violence services organizations. Staff from those organizations work directly with Home+ clients to assess risk, coordinate referrals, and provide related case management services.

HOME+ operates in all five boroughs through partnerships with the following non-profit organizations: HELP R.O.A.D.S./USA (Brooklyn), Rising Ground (Manhattan), Seaman’s Society (Staten Island), Violence Intervention Program (Bronx), and WomanKind (Queens). City-contacted vendors Maximum Security Group, Inc., and Response Alert provide lock, door, and window repair and replacement services. All calls and emails to ATS will be referred to the HOME+ provider in the appropriate borough.

For help with HOME+, survivors can contact these numbers in their borough:

BRONX: Violence Intervention Program (VIP), 1-800-664-5880

BROOKLYN: HELP R.O.A.D.S./USA, 1-718-922-7980

MANHATTAN: STEPS at Rising Ground, 1-877-783-7794

QUEENS: Womankind, 1-888-888-7702 (call), 1-929-207-5907 (text only)

STATEN ISLAND: Seamen’s Society for Children & Families, 1-917-524-5819

New ENDGBV 2022 Fatality Review Committee (FRC) Annual Report Released

The Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence has released its 2022 New York City Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee (FRC) Annual Report which analyzes domestic violence-related homicide data to gain an understanding of the circumstances surrounding the occurrence of these crimes, and to ascertain the level to which victims accessed victim assistance and prevention services. This report also discusses the FRC’s community engagement plan in neighborhoods with the highest number of intimate partner homicides. It can be viewed here.

Complete the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development’s (DYCD) Community Needs Assessment (CNA) Survey 2022

Your Opinion Matters! Take five minutes to help the Department of Youth and Community Development know what services you want and need in your local community.

DYCD introduced the Community Needs Assessment (CNA) in 2016 to hear directly from New Yorkers and document their views on what is needed to improve the well-being of their own communities. The findings demonstrate that programs and services in the categories of education, employment/career advancement, and basic needs are the top priorities. It’s also been determined that these resources especially benefit low-income New Yorkers. Learn more here. Please click this link to complete DYCD’s 2022 Community Needs Assessment Electronic Survey.

ICYMI

Raising Awareness for Domestic Violence Awareness Month and NYC Go Purple Day (Thursday, October 20, 2022)

October 2022 was Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) and our activism and advocacy efforts included hosting performances, trainings, conferences, and other events to share resources and highlight survivor experiences alongside our valued partners. For “NYC Go Purple Day,” we joined city elected officials and distributed purple handout cards with information about our NYC Family Justice Centers, and we also illuminated key city buildings in purple lights.

Our Bronx FJC with Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson sharing resources.

Our Queens FJC with City Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers and Queens Defenders in Far Rockaway, Queens.

Commissioner Noel at Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark’s “Annual DVAM 5K Walk, Roll, Run.”

Our Outreach Team with City Council Member Tiffany Cabán in Council District 22, Astoria, Queens

Our SIFJC staff At Willowbrook Park for the Staten Island D.A.'s Office DVAM Run/Walk/Roll & Family Day: "A Mile in their Shoes."

Downtown Brooklyn with District 35 NYC Council Member Crystal Hudson’s staff handing out our DVAM Go Purple Day Resource Card.

ENDGBV at the Theater of Gibney for our sponsored dance performance of “Cracks of Light,” featuring the Move to Move Beyond Storytellers.

NYC Buildings illuminated in purple lights for Go Purple Day: David N. Dinkins Municipal Building; One World Trade Center; Bank of America Building and NY City Hall.

Donna Ferrato’s “Wall of Silence” on public display until end of the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” Campaign

Commissioned by ENDGBV and installed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan (130 Leonard Street, NYC), artist Donna Ferrato’s “Wall of Silence,” public artwork brings awareness to the plight of criminalized domestic and gender-based survivors. The “Wall of Silence,” will remain on display in November for the annual “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence,” campaign, and closes on December 10, 2022. Learn more at the artist’s website here.

JOIN THE ENDGBV TEAM

Now Accepting Applications

Several exciting full-time positions are now open with our ENDGBV team. To learn how you can apply online or share our openings with your networks, visit New York City’s job bank at: https://www1.nyc.gov/jobs/index.page and search by Job ID number.

Deputy Commissioner for External Affairs & Community Initiatives (Office of the Mayor Jobs here.) - JOB ID: 38347

Deputy Chief of Staff - JOB ID: 538883

Deputy Director, Bronx Family Justice Center - JOB ID: 547967

Administrative Assistant, Bronx Family Justice Center - JOB ID: 540475

(Updated)

Director of Research and Evaluation - JOB ID: 525717

Resource Liaison - JOB ID: 538516

Resource Liaison - JOB ID: 538923

STAY TUNED

November 25th to December 10th is “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence”

November 25th is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

November 28th is Go Orange Day

December 1st is World AIDS Day

December 10th is Human Rights Day (Last day of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

IN THE NEWS

Check out ENDGBV’s recent media coverage by going to this link on our website. Below you will also see what we are reading!

11-17-2022 AmNY NYC agency leaders hear directly from homeless New Yorkers at first-of-its-kind symposium https://www.amny.com/news/nyc-agency-leaders-homeless-symposium/

11-16-2022 FORBES Congress Passes Law Restoring Victims’ Voices, Banning NDAs In Sexual Harassment Cases https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2022/11/16/congress-passes-law-restoring-victims-voices-banning-ndas-in-sexual-harassment-cases/?sh=6c35393d7b30

11-16-2022 CITY LIMITS Opinion: Teaching Kids About Domestic Violence Earlier Will Make NY Safer https://citylimits.org/2022/11/16/opinion-teaching-kids-about-domestic-violence-earlier-will-make-ny-safer/

11-7-2022 GOTHAMIST Opinion We Need to Utilize All Proven Strategies to End Domestic Violence https://www.gothamgazette.com/130-opinion/11660-all-strategies-end-domestic-violence

11-3-2022 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM To tackle violence against women, we need to alleviate poverty https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/to-take-violence-against-women-alleviate-poverty/

10-31-2022 AMERICAN PROGRESS Weak Gun Laws Are Harmful to Women and Survivors of Domestic Violence: States with weak gun violence prevention laws see significantly higher rates of female gun homicide, while states with strong guns laws have much lower rates https://www.americanprogress.org/article/weak-gun-laws-are-harmful-to-women-and-survivors-of-domestic-violence/

10-28-2022 CITYLIMITS Council Directs NYC to Establish Micro-Grant Program for DV Survivors https://citylimits.org/2022/10/28/council-directs-nyc-to-establish-micro-grant-program-for-dv-survivors/

10-24-2022 POLITICO Domestic violence shelters to screen for TBIs https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-new-york-health-care/2022/10/24/domestic-violence-shelters-to-screen-for-tbis-00063054_1

10-20-2022 CNN With homicide a leading cause of maternal death, doctors urged to screen pregnant women for domestic violence https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/health/homicide-maternal-mortality-us-editorial/index.html

RESOURCES

Help is Available

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic or gender-based violence, help is available:

Find resources and support in NYC by searching NYC HOPE Resource Directory online at www.nyc.gov/NYCHOPE.

NYC Family Justice Centers offer immediate safety planning, shelter assistance, mental health support, and other resources by phone or in person. For in person services, clients can call 311 for their nearest Family Justice Center to make an appointment or walk in if they cannot engage in remote services safely or effectively.

Call 311 to be connected to the nearest NYC Family Justice Center.

Call NYC’s 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-621-HOPE (4673) for immediate safety planning, shelter assistance, and other resources, TTY: 866-604-5350.

In an emergency, dial 911.

Disclaimer: We believe in the principles of open dialogue and considering varying perspectives. Viewpoints or opinions expressed in the content of this communication or in articles linked do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, or the City of New York.

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