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Article: Pataki unveils $1.5 million to combat domestic violence
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- New York Amsterdam News
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- December 14, 1996
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New York Amsterdam News
12-14-1996
Pataki unveils $1.5 million to combat domestic violence.
Gov. George E. Pataki has announced four grants totaling nearly $1.5 million to combat domestic violence in New York State. The grants, administered by the New York State Department of Health, will provide funding for joint efforts to prevent family violence as well as adolescent violence.
"Fighting domestic violence takes action on two fronts -- law enforcement and services for victims," said Pataki. "We have put more teeth in the law to combat domestic violence by imposing tougher penalties on those who commit this terrible crime. We are also striving to ensure that New York's women and children ...