Testimony: Understanding Financial Abuse as a Form of Intimate Partner Violence
NYLAG’ Senior Supervising Attorney Tuozhi Lorna Zhen testified before the New York City Council Committee on Women and Gender Equity and the Committee on Civil ...
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Understanding Economic Abuse
Economic and financial abuse occurs in 99% of domestic violence cases, but gets less acknowledgement than other types of abuse. NYLAG financial counselors share some ...
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#RethinkCredibility. Domestic Violence Survivors Deserve Better
NYLAG has launched the #RethinkCredibility campaign to highlight why the legal system’s failure to understand the intersections of racism, poverty, and trauma often results ...
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Surviving domestic violence: WWE’s Mia Yim is incredible and credible
WWE's Mia Yim speaks about her past, her message for survivors, and NYLAG’s #RethinkCredibility campaign.
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Safety Planning for Domestic Violence Survivors during COVID-19—FAQs Answered
On July 14th, 2020, NYLAG held a live Q&A discussing safety planning while living with an abuser, how to use technology safely, and more. Here's ...
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NYLAG Testifies About Domestic Violence Services Amid COVID-19
NYLAG's Tuozhi Lorna Zhen submits testimony advocating for maintaining and increasing services for domestic violence amid COVID-19.
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Q&A with a Therapist: Trauma and Mental Health during a Crisis like Coronavirus
We spoke with trauma therapist Natalie Y. Gutierrez, LMFT, to better understand how to manage trauma reactions and triggers during a crisis.
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Don’t Just “Believe Survivors.” Understand Survival.
Trauma expert Evy Yeager writes about why legal professionals have to understand trauma and survival responses, as part of NYLAG's #IamCredible campaign.
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Courts must change how they gauge ‘credibility’ in victims of violence
Lisa Rivera, NYLAG's Managing Attorney, wrote this op-ed in City Limits
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Understanding trauma can offer abuse survivors justice
We spoke with trauma therapist Natalie Y. Gutierrez, LMFT, to better understand how trauma impacts a survivor, including how they retell their experiences.
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