Bill Text: NY K00389 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim May 14, 2019, as Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-10)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-14 - adopted [K00389 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00389-Introduced.html

Assembly Resolution No. 389

BY: M. of A. Walker

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        May  14,  2019,  as  Domestic Violence Awareness and
        Prevention Day in the State of New York

  WHEREAS, As part of  executing  its  mission,  the  New  York  State
Coalition Against Domestic Violence seeks to eradicate domestic violence
and  to  ensure  the  provision of effective and appropriate services to
victims of domestic  violence  through  community  outreach,  education,
training, technical assistance and policy development; and

  WHEREAS,  The  Coalition's  principles  and practices prioritize the
safety and concerns of victims  who  are  abused,  provide  support  and
encouragement  for  the  participation  of victims who are abused in the
struggle to eradicate personal and institutional violence against  them,
and   provide   for   a  noncompetitive  atmosphere  that  fosters  open
communication, respect, and cooperation among advocates and victims  who
are abused; and

  WHEREAS,   Domestic   violence  consists  of  abusive  and  coercive
behaviors that one person uses  to  establish  and  maintain  power  and
control over another person in a relationship; and

  WHEREAS,  Domestic violence can happen to anyone, and does happen to
people of every  age,  race,  gender,  sexual  orientation,  income  and
occupation; and

  WHEREAS, Approximately one in four women and one in seven men in the
United States aged 18 and older will experience severe physical domestic
violence at some point in their lifetime; and

  WHEREAS, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence
or  stalking  by an intimate partner in the United States - more than 12
million women and men over the course of a year; and

  WHEREAS, Domestic violence victims experience a host of  health  and
mental  health-related  consequences  at  far  greater  rates than their
counterparts who have not been abused; and

  WHEREAS, For the fourth year in  a  row,  New  York  State  has  the
greatest  demand  for  domestic violence support services in the country
with approximately 7,000 survivors requesting services on just  one  day
in 2018; and

  WHEREAS,  The  NYS  Office  of Children and Family Services reported
that over 53,000 survivors  of  domestic  violence  and  their  children
received  services  from  residential, non-residential, and transitional
housing programs licensed by OCFS, and more than 213,000  hotline  calls
were  received  by  domestic violence programs across the State in 2018;
and

  WHEREAS, The economic burden of  domestic  violence  in  the  United
States is over $8.3 billion per year in direct medical costs and loss of
productivity; and


  WHEREAS, 15.5 million children in the United States live in families
in  which domestic violence occurred at least once in the past year, and
children who witness domestic  violence  suffer  many  adverse  outcomes
during their childhood that can extend into their adult years, including
chronic  disease, substance use and chemical dependency, dropping out of
school, and employment and relationship challenges; and

  WHEREAS, According to the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services,
there were 78 domestic homicides in New York State in 2016; and

  WHEREAS, The cost of a single homicide can range over $17.25 million
when considering  medical  care  costs,  lost  future  earnings,  public
program  costs,  property damage and losses, and quality of life losses;
and

  WHEREAS, Only approximately one-quarter of  all  physical  assaults,
one-fifth   of  all  rapes,  and  one-half  of  all  stalking  incidents
perpetrated against women by  intimate  partners  are  reported  to  the
police; and

  WHEREAS, Public health research has shown that the use of prevention
strategies  at multiple levels - from individual to communal to societal
- will lead to lasting social change; and

  WHEREAS, Prevention addresses the root causes  and  conditions  that
make  domestic  violence  possible, and primary prevention is focused on
establishing gender equality,  cultivating  healthy  relationships,  and
changing culture to stop domestic violence before it starts; and

  WHEREAS,  Primary  prevention education and awareness campaigns have
the potential to not only increase identification of  domestic  violence
and  the appropriate response from helping professionals and the public,
but when used in a primary prevention  framework,  can  also  act  as  a
catalyst  to  change  social  and community norms to promote healthy and
equitable behavior; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Andrew  M.  Cuomo  to  proclaim  May 14, 2019, as
Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Day in the State of New York;
and be it further

  RESOLVED, That copies of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to  The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
New York, and the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
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