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Commissioner’s Message |
Cecile Noel |
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It is my great pleasure to write to you this month with a sense of optimism for the rapid progress that has happened recently, and hopefulness for what is yet to come. Vaccines are being produced and administered to our most vulnerable family, friends, and neighbors; a series of new Executive Orders from our nation’s capital seek to address the wellbeing of survivors and those most in need, from rent relief to public health, to a promising start to immigration reform. There is much to be thankful and optimistic about today. I am also encouraged by recent local news from the New York City and State levels. ENDGBV’s first Advisory Council has convened to support the City’s efforts serving survivors of domestic and gender-based violence. Developed and implemented by Bea Hanson after she headed up the NYC Domestic Violence Task Force for nearly four years, the Advisory Council will be facilitated by Bea Hanson with council convenings led by two chairpersons and 22 members who are experts in their respective areas of GBV. I thank Bea for her tireless dedication to serving survivors, the entire Council for its vital contributions to our city to come, and our Advisory Council Co-Chairs guiding our field of experts: Rawaa Nancy Albilal, President & CEO of Arab-American Family Support Center; and Christopher Bromson, Executive Director of the Crime Victims Treatment Center. The latest amendments to the City’s Paid Sick and Safe Leave are now officially effective: Employers with 100 or more employees, and employers with four or fewer employees and a net income of $1 million or more, must now provide paid leave. (More about Paid Safe Leave from DCWP) On the state level, New York recently announced a package of initiatives to combat gender-based violence in the 2021 State of the State. The package includes a proposal allowing courts to require abusers to pay for damages to the housing unit, moving expenses, and other housing costs related to domestic violence. And the NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence will be transformed into a reimagined agency, the Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, to address the intersection of the many forms of intimate partner violence, including domestic violence and sexual violence, in a survivor-centered and comprehensive manner. In addition, the New York State Office of Court Administration has recently updated its order of protection forms with a new condition to prohibit one of the most common types of intimate partner victimization, technological abuse. So while we may now be double masking, still staying indoors and at least six feet away from those outside of our immediate households, and experiencing varying degrees of pandemic fatigue through a long winter, let us also take heart from recent and unfolding events and remember to hope. Because hope is not on pause. I encourage you to prioritize self-care in addition to caring for your loved ones. If recent progress is any indication, we have much work that remains to be done together.
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