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What's New
AVP Impact: Building safer spaces for LGBTQ survivors of gender-based violence
April 25, 2023
AVP is leading the way in increasing access to inclusive and affirming anti-violence services for LGBTQ survivors of intimate partner, dating, and sexual violence. LGBTQ people face the same […]
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NYPD Trial Judge Weighs Tossing Illegal Trespass Charge In Discipline Case of Officers Who Killed Kawaski Trawick
April 14, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Friday, April 14, 2023 MEDIA CONTACTS Kristine Mikkelsen, kmikkelsen@spitfirestrategies.com, 908.304.4869 Eliel Cruz, press@justicecommittee.org, 770.608.8725 Orie Givens, communications@avp.org, 212.416.5603 New York – Today, exactly four years […]
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AVP condemns attempts by Republican New York State legislators to introduce anti-trans bills targeting youth
The NYC Anti-Violence Project strongly condemns any attempts by NYS Republican legislators to mimic the violent anti-trans legislation that is currently sweeping the nation here in New York, including the […]
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AVP’s Walk-In Hours Now 4-Days-A-Week!
As the weather warms up and Pride season approaches, AVP is expanding our in-office walk-in hours! AVP’s walk-in hours are available four-days-a-week, Monday-Thursday from 12-4 PM at our lower Manhattan […]
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