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Council hearing highlights gaps in New York City's gender-based violence data; NGBV supports intent of Intro 14-16
Summary
Advocates and the mayor's office urged better cross-agency data collection and transparency; the mayor's office expressed privacy and feasibility concerns and asked to follow up with the council.
The Committee on Women and Gender Equity heard testimony calling for improved, centralized data on domestic and gender-based violence citywide, and examined Intro 14-16, a bill proposed to increase access to and coordination of gender-based violence data across city agencies.
Council Member Farah Lewis framed the hearing as a review of data limitations and possible reforms. Saloni Sethi, commissioner of the Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (NGBV), described the office's current analytic work, including annual reporting, fatality reviews and management of a…
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