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

By Shane O’Brien Posted on July 9, 2025

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.

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