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 Do you ever: 

• Apologize when YOU are treated badly?

• Feel guilty and blame yourself for the abuse?

• Believe him when he said it would not happen again?

• Feel like you can’t do anything right because he tells you that you’re stupid?

• Keep feelings and thoughts to yourself in fear of his reaction?

• Feel like you are alone and that no one else is going through this?

or

• Does this remind you of someone you know?

Project NYET seeks to inform, educate, provide resources, and raise awareness about Domestic Violence in the Russian-speaking communities, through culturally appropriate and sensitive services.  

Project NYET & the District Attorney’s Office provides access to the following services:

• Legal Assistance
• Victim Advocacy
• Crisis Intervention
• Assistance in obtaining Orders of Protection
• Support Groups
• Counseling

Additionally, the District Attorney’s Office offers safety programs including:

• VINE – Victim Information & Notification Everyday provides crime and release data on all defendants who were arrested and is available 24 hours.
• AWARE – Abused Women’s Active Response Emergency helps protect abused women by giving them emergency necklace pendants and electronic systems in their home to immediately alert the police in the case of danger. 
• Cell Phone Program – Cell phones are available to victims, which enable the victim to call 911 when in imminent danger.  These phones are only programmed to call 911 for a police emergency.

For FREE and CONFIDENTIAL services in RUSSIAN please call: 
Sabina Zhitomirsky, at the Kings County District Attorneys Office @ 718.250.3186
 

Helpful Resources:

• New York City Family Justice Center, Brooklyn, NY: provides emergency financial assistance, counseling, advocacy, shelter and housing assistance, and legal information with immigration and family court. 718.250.5111

• The Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst: provides immigrant and social services, as well as family programs. Russian counselors are available. 718.331.6800 x 147 / 149

• Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty: Met Council provides hope and help for the poor and near poor in crisis. Met Council can assist victims of Domestic Violence with relocation and shelter, employment assistance, emergency food, clothing and furniture, financial assistance, and counseling. 212.453.9618

• New York City Domestic Violence Hotline: provides information about shelter, counseling and other emergency assistance. 1.800.621.HOPE(4673)

“There is no such thing as a helpless situation. There are only situations where one doesn’t know where to get help.” ~Rabbi Efim Svirsky
 

CHARLES J. HYNES Kings County District Attorney www.brooklynda.org 718.250.3186

PROJECT NYET Kings County District Attorney’s Office 350 Jay Street, 15FL Brooklyn, NY 11201

New York Émigré Task Force members include:
Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst, Department For The Aging, HIAS/LOREO/CVEI, Jewish Board of Family and Children Services, Jewish Community Relations Council of NY, Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, New York Legal Assistance Group, Project Eden, Shorefront Y, UJA–Federation Task Force on Family Violence.

This project was supported by Grant 2005-WE-AX-0115 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.