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Residents bring domestic violence, tenant rights and policing concerns to Paterson council
Summary
During public comment at the Oct. 14 workshop, residents described long-running domestic-violence struggles, called for stronger tenant protections and criticized local police investigations of a suspicious death; several speakers urged quicker restraining-order processing and better shelter/legal services.
Paterson residents used the Oct. 14 workshop public-comment period to press the council on several urgent community issues.
Araya Aponte gave an emotional account of 800 days of ongoing domestic abuse and described repeated failures in courts and law enforcement response; she urged the council to adopt legislation and other measures to better protect survivors. "The…
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