Mayor Adams cuts funding for crime victim services group
More than 10,000 crime victims in New York could lose access to recovery resources this summer, advocates say, after Mayor Eric Adams cut funding for a widely used program.Safe Horizon CEO Liz Roberts said the cuts would be a “huge mistake,” and would force the organization to reduce its crime victim assistance program by as much as 20% if its funding goes from $15 million to $12 million.
The organization stations staff members at each of the city’s 77 police precincts. Their job is to review police reports and proactively reach out to survivors of domestic abuse, gun violence, street attacks and other traumatic incidents, offering them services like therapy and compensation.
But she said navigating the nuances of the criminal justice system and figuring out what she really needed to heal and recover were difficult tasks.
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