NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — City Hall and other public buildings in New York City will be illuminated in purple on Thursday night for the ninth annual "NYC Go Purple Day," which marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
"Everyone deserves to be safe in their relationships and live a life free of domestic and gender-based violence," Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement Monday. "I urge all New Yorkers to join me during Domestic Violence Awareness Month to help spread awareness and to let survivors know they are never alone. Let’s spread help and hope together."
Along with City Hall, city buildings and iconic sites like 1 World Trade Center will be lit up purple.
While domestic violence is considered one of the most underreported crimes, there were still 260,084 domestic violence reports filed by the NYPD in 2021—an average of 700 a day.
In 2021, there were 93,735 calls to New York City’s 24-hour Domestic Violence hotline at 1-800-621-HOPE (4673), with 6,970 unique requests for shelters. The NYC Hope website — where survivors can access resources and information — had 50,100 visits, an average of almost 140 visits a day.
"During Domestic Violence Awareness Month we recognize the immense and far-reaching impacts domestic, intimate-partner, and gender-based violence have on our community here in New York City and what we are doing to combat it," said Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom. "To every person or family touched by these issues, we stand with you, we elevate your voices, and we are here to support you."
Click here for more information on October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) campaign.
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