Brooklyn Shows a Meaningful Decrease in Domestic Violence

by Min Ji Koo / Dec. 10, 2019

Brooklyn has a decreased number of domestic violence victims in 2018 compared to its 2013, and experts say that we might see a result of whole communities' years of work.

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence(GBV), New York City's campaign for rooting out domestic violence, observed its last 16th day on Dec. 10, 2019. In September of 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio initiated the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence and the mayor's office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) to accelerate New York City’s strategic response to domestic violence. Now the city is on the last moment of its 2019, and New York State's data indicates that Brooklyn shows the best result of the city's effort.

"Now, New York City has a bunch of resources to educate communities about family violence and help domestic violence victims. I think that makes a slow but firm effect on domestic violence in the city," said Elian Diaz, a domestic violence associate working with Safe Horizon. She added that usually, metropolitan cities deal with fast-growing numbers of domestic violence cases, but New York City seems like it oppresses the growth of crime.