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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Notice of committee consideration - requested
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to providing for unlisted telephone numbers without charge for certain victims of domestic violence
Purpose
This bill would allow for unlisted telephone numbers without charge for victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued.
Summary of provisions
Subdivision 7 of the bill would amend Section 91 of the Public Service Law to provide victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued, other than a temporary order of protection, for the duration of such order, an unlisted telephone number from any directory of telephone numbers published by it or any and a affiliated companies, free of charge.
Effects of present law which this bill would alter
Under the current law, there is no provision providing this additional safety measure to ensure the safety of victims of domestic violence who have been issued an order of protection by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Justification
This bill corrects an existing discrepancy regarding orders of protection and victims of domestic violence. Our State has a duty, under the "Parent patre mantra", to protect those citizens seeking refuge and protection against their aggressors. Allowing aggressors to obtain unlisted/non private telephone numbers of their victims to harass, intimidate and sometimes coerce the victim circumvent the purpose of an order of protection. Recent reports that 44% of the women killed between 2003 and 2005 died at the hands of their boyfriends or spouses. That means that nearly half of all the women murdered in the city are killed by their intimate partners.
This proposed Amendment would provide the help that victims still need.
Prior legislative history
None.
Fiscal implications for state and local government
None.
Effective date
One hundred twenty days.
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