For Immediate Release: March 21, 2022 Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Applauds Signing of Legislation to Address Workplace Harassment and Discrimination The New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) applauds the passage of legislation addressing workplace harassment and discrimination signed into law on March 16,...
For Immediate Release: March 15, 2022 Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, NYSCASA, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Applauds Signing of Omnibus Appropriations Bill Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act The New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) applauds the House and Senate passage of the FY 2022 Omnibus Appropriations Act...
For Immediate Release: March 15, 2022 Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Statement of Support for DNA Collection Limitation Bill (S8408/Hoylman) As we expressed in a previous statement, the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) was horrified to hear reports of law enforcement agencies using...
For Immediate Release: March 14, 2022 Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, NYSCASA, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Statement on Allegations of Sexual Harassment by Schenectady Detective As an organization committed to ending all forms of sexual violence and exploitation, the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) is dismayed to...
For Immediate Release: March 2, 2022 Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Statement in Support of Legislation Prohibiting Court-Ordered Rape (S08351/A08546) Bodily autonomy is central to the work to prevent and respond to sexual violence. Bodily autonomy for survivors and victims has to be understood from a...
This week (February 20–26), NYSCASA will be sharing social media posts in honor of Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (ASAW). ASAW is a week meant to spread awareness and acceptance of aromantic spectrum identities and the issues aromantic people face. ASAW generally occurs the first full...
For Immediate Release: February 18, 2022 Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Condemns Use of Rape Kit Evidence to Prosecute Survivors of Sexual Violence The New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault is horrified and dismayed to hear reports of law enforcement agencies using DNA collected from...
The multifaceted trauma of surviving gender-based violence can be exacerbated by the judicial and law enforcement systems. When a survivor is criminalized for so-called “violent offenses,” this adds further psychological trauma that is almost incomprehensible to anyone who has not experienced it. It is all too...
This year marks the 22nd year of the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) as an annual international event. TDOR was set aside to memorialize those who have been killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. TDOR serves several purposes: it raises public awareness of hate crimes...
The week before the global Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, people and organizations across the US participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility about transgender people and address issues that community members face. During Transgender Awareness Week, trans people and their...