Sanctuary For Families

People with disabilities experience higher rates of domestic violence than non-disabled people and face unique barriers to seeking help. A Sanctuary blog post is cited as a source.

Through the work of a team of attorneys from Latham & Watkins LLP in collaboration with Sanctuary and Davis Polk & Wardell LLP, domestic violence survivor Jacqueline Smalls was released from prison after Gov. Kathy Hochul granted her clemency in late December.

More than two decades after a key law took effect, women are still being actively trafficked across the U.S. for illicit massage. Sanctuary client "Shirley" and Kathy Lu, Staff Attorney of Sanctuary's Anti-Trafficking Initiative, are quoted.

Dorchen Leidholdt, Director of Sanctuary's Legal Center, is featured in an episode of IMPACT on Hulu examining Megan Thee Stallion, the trial of Tory Lanez, and what this case says about how we treat survivors of violence.

Sanctuary, along with over 100 other service providers and organizations, signed an advocacy letter calling on the Department of Homeland Security to address the inefficiencies and inequities in the policies and regulations on processing and access to employment authorization documents.

A New York judge agreed to dismiss a murder charge against Tracy McCarter, a 47-year-old nurse and grandmother who stabbed her estranged, physically abusive ex-husband in self-defense. Sanctuary's Incarcerated Gender Violence Survivors Initiative (IGVSI) worked on her case.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams signed two bills to provide support for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence. Sanctuary ED Judy Kluger is quoted.

UN General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi visited the Manhattan Family Justice Center and met with local leaders and community-based organizations supporting survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, including Sanctuary.

The bills will establish a housing stability program and create an online services portal for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence. Sanctuary ED Judy Kluger is quoted.