NUISANCE ORDINANCES & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: RESOURCES
August 30, 2016
New York State Legislation:
A.1322 (Lavine) / S.4955 (Robach) (2015)
Establishes the right of tenants to call police or emergency assistance without fear of losing their housing as the result of landlord actions or local nuisance laws.
Memos of support and other documents:
Joint memo from Empire Justice Center, New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the ACLU Women’s Rights Project
The Lawyers Committee against Domestic Violence – memo of support
New York Legal Assistance Group – memo of support
Sign on Letter: 74 Organizations around NYS Petition the Senate for Passage of S.4955
News Articles:
attn: (August 22, 2016): The Way You Can Be Punished for Calling 911
USA Today (October 5, 2015): Cities to battered women: SHUT UP or GET OUT
New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence Spring 2014 Bulletin
NY Daily Record (Sept. 3, 2013): Commentary: Public nuisance laws are an unconstitutional nuisance
Democrat & Chronicle (March 7, 2013): Rochester nuisance ordinance needs work
NY Daily Record (April 12, 2007): Fight for fair housing continues every day
Democrat & Chronicle (February 17, 2007) East Rochester law decried
Reports & Scholarly Articles:
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law (Aug. 2013): The cost of being “crime free”
The Shriver Brief (Aug. 20, 2013): “Crime free” but at what cost?
Fordham Law Review (2012): Recognizing the right to petition for victims of domestic violence
Litigation Involving Domestic Violence & Nuisance Ordinances:
Laurie Grape and Darla Wilce v. Town/Village of East Rochester