Gov. David
Paterson has agreed to sign a major expansion of New York
State’s domestic violence laws, TheNew York Times reported Thursday. According to
the Times, the new law will allow family court
judges to file civil protection orders against a broader
range of abusers, including those involved in dating
relationships.
Gov. David
Paterson has agreed to sign a major expansion of New York
State’s domestic violence laws, TheNew York Times reported Thursday. According to
the Times, the new law will allow family court
judges to file civil protection orders against a broader
range of abusers, including those involved in dating
relationships.
“Everybody
but us allows a broader group of people to be able to get a
civil order of protection,” Brooklyn assemblywoman
Helene Weinstein told the Times. “The
need became more apparent over time.”
Paterson agreed
with Weinstein. “New York lagged behind all the other
states in the Northeast in terms of addressing orders of
protection,” he told the Times.
“We expanded the coverage to include what we
would consider to be intimate relationships. They do not
have to be sexual.”
The law will
cover both heterosexual and LGBT relationships. (The
Advocate)
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