Councilwoman Farah Louis marks
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Democratic Councilmember,
Farah N. Louis is marking October
as Domestic Violence Awareness
Month, stating that there are survivors
of domestic and gender-based
violence in every corner of her district.
In an email message to constituents
in her 45th Council District, Louis,
co-chair of the Women’s Caucus in
the City Council, said these survivors
“have endured relationship abuse at
the hands of a loved one.
“We wear purple as a visual representation
of our support for survivors
who deserve healthy relationships,”
said Louis, the daughter of Haitian
immigrants, who is also vice co-chair
of the Black, Latino/a and Asian Caucus
in the Council.
She pointed to the National Domestic
Violence Hotline, which defines
domestic violence as “a pattern of
behaviors used by one partner to
maintain power and control over
another partner in an intimate relationship.”
Last year, the councilwoman said
there were 32,206 reports of intimate
partner and 24,409 reports of family
domestic incidents in Brooklyn, stating
that “these devastating numbers
were the highest across the five boroughs.”
Additionally, she said there were
three homicides.
“However, we know that these
occurrences are too often underreported,”
Louis said.
But she told constituents that “you
are not alone,” adding that, “in order
to empower survivors during such a
difficult period in their lives and (to)
raise awareness on this issue that
is typically hidden in darkness,” she
was providing an overview of helpful
resources and support that are
accessible via phone call, text, chat
or website.
For mental health, constituents
can call (888) 692-9355, or domestic
violence at (800) 621-4673l; text line,
text “well” to 65173.
Constituents can also call NYC
Family Justice Center, Brooklyn at
(718) 250-5113. Louis partners with
the Family Justice Center.
Her office number is: (718) 629-
2900.
Beginning Oct. 1, Louis said
advocacy organizations, as well as
the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic
and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV),
will host virtual and in-person
events throughout the five boroughs.
By Nelson A. King
New York City Public Advocate
Jumaane D. Williams has strongly
condemned Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s
decision to expand the Tenant Safe
Harbor Act, describing it as a “halfmeasure.”
“On the first of the month, rent
checks across the city are due, and
the eviction moratorium has been
allowed to expire. The governor’s
half-measure of expanding the Tenant
Safe Harbor Act is not a true
moratorium on the eviction process,
a process that will now begin to target
tenants left with inadequate legal
protection,” said Williams, the son of
Grenadian immigrants.
“Without a true moratorium,
eviction cases can still be filed and
advanced, and the burden will fall to
tenants to prove they are eligible to
stay in their homes, a burden which
may prove too much for some of the
vulnerable populations in our city
and state, which have already felt
immense pain in this pandemic,” he
added.
“The governor’s executive order
seems to demonstrate a greater interest
in securing headlines than housing
security,” Williams continued. “I
hope that’s not the case.
Haitian-American Councilwoman
Farah N. Louis.
Williams rips Cuomo’s
‘half-measure’ on
eviction moratorium
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