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Domestic Violence

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2012

    Senator Chuck Schumer Calls on House to Pass the Violence Against Women Act with Key Provisions

    Senator Chuck Schumer this morning called on the House to pass a bill called the "Violence Against Women Act," which he says literally saves women's lives. A measure to reauthorize the act was approved by the Senate on Thursday with broad bipartisan support, despite some objections from Republican ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Can an App Prevent Rape?

    Sometime last year, Nancy Schwartzman came across a tech competition -- the 2011 White House "Apps Against Abuse Technology Contest." The Brooklyn filmmaker and founder of The Line Campaign wondered: can a simple app prevent sexual assault and dating violence? So the Sunset Park resident partnered ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Case Study: Celebrity Sandwich Dedications

    Dedicating a sandwich on your menu to a celebrity is usually a good idea, as long as you don't go about it like a complete idiot. The name of the dish will be instantly memorable and who doesn't want to eat a sandwich that reminds you of Woody Allen or Salma Hayek? But, as we found out over the week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Domestic Violence Legislation Package: What You Need to Know

    The New York State Assembly passed several domestic violence bills yesterday, which will soon be on their way to the Senate. If they make it through the rest of the legislative process, the measures would do everything from toughening penalties against repeat domestic violence offenders to keeping g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    DA Cyrus Vance: Beating Your Wife Shouldn't Be Like "Jumping A Subway Turnstile"

    ​Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance was in Albany today, where he spoke to the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence as part of the group's "Legislative Awareness Day."His message was simple: beating your wife is "the same crime as jumping the subway turnstile." No, the district ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Attempted Murder of Ex-Girlfriend

    ​District Attorney Cyrus Vance has announced that Ramon Lalondriz-Castillo, 26, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision in connection with the shooting of his ex-girlfriend. Lalondriz-Castillo pled guilty to Attempted Murder in the Second Degree. O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the Anti-Violence Project, Named "Champion of Change" by the White House (Q&A)

    ​Sharon Stapel, the Executive Director of the New York Anti-Violence Project, was named a "Champion of Change" for her work with domestic violence in the LGBT community, the White House announced yesterday. "[I]n honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Valerie Jarrett will join White Hou ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 19, 2011

    WHO’S THE BOSS?

    Permanent Wave celebrates Halloween with a night of covers

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Domestic Abuser Registry Proposed Following Sarah Coit Murder

    Sarah Coit​Following the brutal murder of 23-year-old Sarah Coit on the Lower East Side, several New York legislators are advocating a bill that would create an online database revealing the names of convicted domestic abusers, much like a sex-offender registry. Coit's boyfriend, Raul Barrera, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Today in El Diario: Murder-Suicides More Common Among Men Than Women

    ​Women who kill the entire family much rarer than men Murder-suicides and multiple murders are common among victims of domestic violence and their abusers, according to experts interviewed by Spanish-language daily. The news comes shortly after Lashonda Armstrong, 25, drove her car into the ... More >>

  • News

    March 9, 2011

    NYC's Ten Worst Tenants

    We hope you don't live next to these people

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    David Paterson: A Lame Duck, Sure, But Why the Lame Media Coverage?

    The governor and David Johnson​It's a week since Judge Judith Kaye issued her 54-page report exonerating and damning Governor Paterson for his handling of a domestic violence case, and nothing has happened. That's news. Clemmie Harris, who admitted to Kaye that he tried to kill the complaint, ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 20, 2010

    The Antlers

    The governor and David Johnson​It's a week since Judge Judith Kaye issued her 54-page report exonerating and damning Governor Paterson for his handling of a domestic violence case, and nothing has happened. That's news. Clemmie Harris, who admitted to Kaye that he tried to kill the complaint, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2010

    NYPD Drag Feet on Visa Program for Undocumented Crime Victims

    ​The feds were hoping that U visas, a special class of visa for undocumented immigrants who report crimes to the authorities, would encourage "silent victims" who feared deportation to step forward and help law enforcement, and build trust between police and immigrant communities. U visa holde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Governor Paterson's Cuts Hurt Domestic Violence Victims, Don't Save Money: Advocates

    ​In a perhaps politically ill-timed decision, Governor Paterson's Executive Budget Summary for the coming year calls for $3 million to be cut from domestic violence programs, according to a coalition of anti-violence service providers. Of the $3 million, $1.25 million will adversely affect th ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 16, 2010

    Domestic Violence

    ​In a perhaps politically ill-timed decision, Governor Paterson's Executive Budget Summary for the coming year calls for $3 million to be cut from domestic violence programs, according to a coalition of anti-violence service providers. Of the $3 million, $1.25 million will adversely affect th ... More >>

  • Film

    January 19, 2010

    Frederick Wiseman at MOMA

    The curious (meticulous, ravenous) work of the 80-year-old filmmaker

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Jockbeat: Will Tiger Woods Bounce Back After This Car Crash and Affair Nonsense? Are You Kidding?

    ​Surfing the web for the best post-Tiger Woods car crash humor, we have to go with Craig Ferguson in his Monday monologue: "Economists are saying that so far holiday sales are down, but that doesn't figure in the diamond ring that Tiger Woods is going to have to buy his wife. "Anyway, it do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Crime Beat: 10 Terrible Facts About Violence Against Women

    Happy International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women! Sorry to spoil your Thanksgiving preparations, but November 25 is indeed the day. You'll find hardly a word in the U.S. press about this worldwide observance that gets play elsewhere, even by U.S. government outlets like Radi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2009

    Dominic Carter convicted of attempted assault

    ​Former NY1 political reporter Dominic Carter was found guilty of third degree attempted assault on Friday in the beating of his wife. Ramapo Justice Arnold Etelson found that Mrs. Carter's injuries were not serious enough to support a misdemeanor assault charge.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2009

    More balloon family drama, now with creepy racism

    An affadavit released by the Larimer County Sheriff's Department Friday says that balloon mom Mayumi Heene confessed that she and her husband staged the escape of the mylar balloon that supposedly contained their son as a publicity stunt. She's retained a criminal lawyer. Her husband's lawyer, howev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Miriam Friedlander's Good Fight

    ​Miriam Friedlander, the spirited former councilwoman from the Lower East Side, died last week at 95, and we would count ourselves enormously lucky should her type come this way again. She was a tiny spitfire, a true product of the American Left who once faced down then-Attorney General Ro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    News Roundup: Jay Z/Rush Limbaugh, Chris Brown, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and New Music from Islands and Them Crooked Vultures

    ​ --As Bill O'Reilly did yesterday, Rush Limbaugh has responded to being name-checked in Jay-Z's new song, "Off That." (Quote: "This ain't black versus white, my nigga, we off that. Please tell Bill O'Reilly to fall back. Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls.") On his radio show yesterday, L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    News Roundup: Jay Z/Rush Limbaugh, Chris Brown, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and New Music from Islands and Them Crooked Vultures

    ​ --As Bill O'Reilly did yesterday, Rush Limbaugh has responded to being name-checked in Jay-Z's new song, "Off That." (Quote: "This ain't black versus white, my nigga, we off that. Please tell Bill O'Reilly to fall back. Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls.") On his radio show yesterday, L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Chris Brown Sentenced to Five Years! (Probation!) Also, Fine, Fees, Etc.

    For his ungentlemanly behavior toward Rihanna, Chris Brown has been sentenced to five years -- probation! He also has to take domestic violence counseling and pay $400 for the privilege. And he has to turn in his guns (oh, man!) And he gets 180 days of community labor, and has to pay a "restituti ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 10, 2009

    ¡Ask a Mexican! Animal Husbandry

    Hands off the wife, you scoundrel

  • People

    April 15, 2008

    Press 1 for English, Pendejo

    And boycott Absolut for caving like craven Swedes!

  • News

    May 8, 2007

    Grace Under Pressure

    Grace Perez built an influential domestic-violence program. Then she was fired.

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2007

    The Jason Kidd Saga: What's a Nets Fan Supposed to Do?

    Grace Perez built an influential domestic-violence program. Then she was fired.

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2006

    Do Men Take a Hit on V-Day?

    Grace Perez built an influential domestic-violence program. Then she was fired.

  • Film

    March 7, 2006

    'Take My Eyes'

    Grace Perez built an influential domestic-violence program. Then she was fired.

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2006

    Fear of a 'Nixzmary' Panic

    Grace Perez built an influential domestic-violence program. Then she was fired.

  • Theater

    September 7, 2004

    Packing the Flag

    Anyone can whistle a happy tune, but it's not so easy going far from the home you love

  • News

    July 8, 2003

    Don't Ask, Do Tell

    Outcry Over New City Policy on Reporting the Undocumented Stuns the Mayor

  • News

    December 3, 2002

    Digital Deterrence?

    Battling a Rise in Domestic Violence

  • News

    August 20, 2002

    Helter Shelter

    Inside the City's Dreaded Dumping Ground for the Homeless

  • Film

    January 29, 2002

    Filmmaker, Heal Thyself

    Inside the City's Dreaded Dumping Ground for the Homeless

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    Shelter From the Storm

    Frederick Wiseman Pulls the Curtain on Domestic Abuse

  • News

    July 3, 2001

    Stalking the Stalkers

    City Prosecutors Target Romantics Gone Wrong

  • News

    February 13, 2001

    Rehab Madness

    Do Programs for Men Who Batter Women Work? No One Really Knows.

  • Specials

    November 28, 2000

    Letters

    Do Programs for Men Who Batter Women Work? No One Really Knows.

  • Specials

    November 14, 2000

    Letters

    Do Programs for Men Who Batter Women Work? No One Really Knows.

  • News

    November 7, 2000

    Abuses and Power

    Laws Alone Won't Curb Domestic Violence

  • News

    October 3, 2000

    World of Pain

    Immigrant Wives of Silicon Alley Seek Protection From Battering

  • News

    June 27, 2000

    The Tuskegee Effect

    For Blacks, a 28-Year-Old Study Is One of Many Barriers to HIV Prevention

  • News

    March 7, 2000

    Punch Like a Man

    Big-Time Sports’ Domestic Violence Problem

  • News

    June 8, 1999

    Victimizing The Victims

    Consuelo fontaine called for help after she fled her allegedly abusive husband— so the city tried to take her kids away. Her story is increasingly common.

  • News

    June 8, 1999

    Assaulted, Then Arrested

    How Laws to Protect Battered Women are Landing Them in Jail

  • NYC Life

    March 9, 1999

    Scout Clout

    Girl Power vs. Domestic Violence

  • Film

    February 23, 1999

    15th Annual Israeli Film Festival

    Girl Power vs. Domestic Violence

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