Times Union: Domestic violence victims get coerced into debt. New York may create a way out.
In a piece for Times Union, Her Justice’s Director of Policy Rachel Braunstein shares about the Coerced Debt Bill — currently waiting in a 10-day countdown on Gov. Hochul’s desk — explaining how an abuser’s control can manifest in finances.
By signing the Coerced Debt Bill into law, the governor can ensure that coerced debts are repaid by the RIGHT person: abusers who accrued them as way of controlling their victims — so that survivors aren’t left paying for abuse.
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