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Get Help if you are experiencing Domestic Violence
• Call 911 for emergencies.
• If someone is abusing you or someone you know, call the confidential Domestic Violence Hotline 24 hours a day at 1-800-621-HOPE (1-800-621-4673). Or call 311 and ask for the Hotline. You can get help with a court order of protection, shelter, leaving the relationship, counseling and other services.

For help for you or someone close to you needs assistance because they have been the victim of domestic violence or abuse, call the Crime Victims Hotline at 1-866-689-HELP (4357).

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted or abused, you may call the Rape & Sexual Assault Hotline at 212-227-3000. 

There is also a TDD number for these hotlines:  1-866-604-5350.

Other hotlines in New York for domestic violence include:

  • LIFENET (NYC Department of Mental Health)  1-800-LIFENET (English), 1-877-AYUDESE (Spanish), 1-877-990-8585 (Mandarin and Cantonese)
  • The National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-787-3224
  • New York Asian Women's Center: 1-888-888-7702
  • New York State Hotline: (English) 1-800-942-6906 (Spanish) 1-800-942-6908
  • New York State Elder Abuse Hotline: 1-800-342-9871
  • New York State Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-342-3720
  • New York State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Information Line: 1-800-342-7472
  • New York State Child Abuse and Maltreatment Reporting Center: 1-800-342-3720
  • Crime Victims Board Hotline: 1-800-247-8035
  • Victim Services Agency: 212-577-7777
  • Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE): 1-888-VINE-4NY or 1-888-846-3469. For the hearing impaired: 1-800-810-7444

If you need legal assistance, you may contact any of these organizations:

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
www.aaldef.org
212-966-5932

City Bar Justice Center: Immigrant Women and Children Project
www.citybarjusticecenter.org
212-382-4711

CONNECT: Safe Families, Peaceful Communities
www.connectnyc.org
212-683-0015
Legal Advocacy Helpline (Weekdays, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.): 212.683.0605

Families For Freedom
www.familiesforfreedom.org
718-858-9658 x204
Email: subhash@familiesforfreedom.org or aarti@familiesforfreedom.org

InMotion, Inc.
www.inmotiononline.org
Manhattan Office 212-695-3800
Bronx Office 718-562-8181

Legal Aid Society
212-577-3300
www.legal-aid.org

BRONX:
The Legal Aid Society
Bronx Neighborhood Office
953 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10459
718.991.4600
718.842.2867 (fax)

BROOKLYN:
The Legal Aid Society
Brooklyn Neighborhood Office
111 Livingston Street, 7th Fl.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718.722.3100
718.722.3093 (fax)

HARLEM:
The Legal Aid Society
Harlem Community Law Office
230 East 106th Street
New York, NY 10029
212 426.3000
212.876.5365 (fax)

QUEENS:
The Legal Aid Society
Queens Neighborhood Office
120-46 Queens Boulevard
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
718.286.2450
718.263.4234 (fax)

STATEN ISLAND:
The Legal Aid Society
Staten Island Neighborhood Office
60 Bay Street
Staten Island, NY 10301
718.273.6677
718.442.2679 (fax)

Legal Referral Service
212.626.7373

Main Street Legal Services
718.575.4300

NYANA -- New York Association for New Americans
Center for Women and Families
www.nyana.org
1.888.242.5838

Safe Horizon, Inc.
www.safehorizon.org
Domestic Violence Law Project: 718.834.7430 x10 for the legal helpline
Immigration Law Project: 718.899.1233 x129

Sanctuary for Families
www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org
212.349.6009 x246

V.O.W. Voices of Women Organizing Project
www.vowbwrc.org
212.696.1481

 

For more information about domestic violence and where to find help:

City of New York Resource Directory of Domestic Violence Services  (PDF link)
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/dv_resource_directory.pdf

“Health Bulletin: Domestic Violence and Abuse� (PDF link)
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
http://www.aafscny.org/home.html

AVP

The New York City Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
http://www.avp.org/

Arab-American Family Support Center

http://www.aafscny.org/home.html
718-643-8000

CONNECT

http://www.connectnyc.org/

CONNECT legal advocacy hotline
212-683-0605 open M-F 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence

http://www.nyc.gov/html/ocdv/html/home/home.shtml

National Coalition on Domestic Violence

http://www.ncadv.org/

New York Asian Women’s Center

http://www.nyawc.org/

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/tcny/tcny09.shtml

Safe Horizon

http://www.safehorizon.org/

Sakhi- for South Asian Women

http://www.sakhi.org/

Sakhi helpline: 212.868-6741 open M-F 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sanctuary for Families

http://www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org/