City Council launches $3M initiative to support immigrant survivors of domestic violence

Queens Council Members Sandra Ung, Linda Lee, and Shekar Krishnan joined Brooklyn Council Member Susan Zhuang and anti-gender-based violence advocates at City Hall on Tuesday to celebrate a new $3 million initiative, which funds organizations that provide culturally competent services for immigrant survivors of domestic violence.

The elected officials joined members of The Collective, a coalition of culturally-specific gender-based violence service providers serving immigrant and BIPOC survivors in New York City, to celebrate the creation of a new City Council initiative funding culturally competent services.