The Senate of the state of New York increases the legislation to ensure and support survivors of domestic violence and helps

Clarifies and expands the importance of “welfare” in relation to victim prices for crime: This draft law, p.156, sponsored by Senator Julia Salazar, would expand the definition of “essential personal property” in relation to the determination of awards for victims of crime and ensure that those whose property has been lost or stolen because a crime can receive a sensible compensation in order to restore stability and to maintain a basic norm of life.

Detects nationwide waiting list for public apartments for surviving domestic violence: This draft law, p.871, sponsored by Senator Jamaal Bailey, would require public housing authorities that have determined the waiting list priorities in order to grant survivors of domestic violence that apply for public apartments as other prioritized population groups.

Combating forced debts: This legislation, p. 1353a, sponsored by Senator Cordell Clear, would protect the surviving domestic violence and others who have become victims of economic abuse by establishing a claim for claims that result from forced debts.

Removing “voluntary poisoning” exclusion: This draft law, p.54, sponsored by Senator Nathalia Fernandez, would prohibit the use of the poisoning of victims as a defense in sexual crimes and find that a person who is voluntarily intoxicated is unable to receive approval.

The police have to temporarily take custody of firearms: This draft law, p. 1985, sponsored by Senator Pete Harckham, would demand that police officers temporarily take custody of firearms and licenses to carry weapons that were issued to the person who was arrested for suspected family violence. This custody time would take up to one hundred and twenty hours, unless a protection order, an extreme risk protection order or another judicial order was issued.

Protects domestic violence in common contracts: This legislation, p.2416, sponsored by Senator Kevin Parker, would enable people who are subject to a common contract, to separate themselves and to be released as a survivor of domestic violence without charges or punishments.

Defines “the following” to stalking to the fourth degree: This draft law, p.3519, sponsored by Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, would expand the definition of “consequences” for a crime of stalking to fourth degrees. It would include the use of certain devices or computers in order to access, pursue or report the movement or location of a person or their ownership without permission or authority.

Codifies the requirements for the assessment of the lethality: This draft law, p.2280a, sponsored by Senator Lea Webb, asked for law enforcement officers to receive training courses on the use of lethal reviews that they would have to pursue when answering incidents of domestic violence.