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"Victims' Dilemma: 911 Calls Can Bring Eviction" (front page, Aug. 17) shines a searing light on a decision women facing domestic violence should never have to make — whether to call the police or hold on to their homes. Yet as you report, hundreds of cities have nuisance ordinances that threaten tenants with eviction if they call the police.
No woman should ever have to choose between living with an abuser and losing her home or finding a new one. That's why Sanctuary for Families supports Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal in his Women's Equality Agenda to prohibit discrimination in housing based on one's status as a domestic violence victim.
Under current law, landlords can deny housing or evict people once they find out that they have been victims of domestic violence — even if no disturbance has taken place. The State Senate passed the governor's housing discrimination ban. The Assembly must do the same.
LAUREL W. EISNER
Executive Director
Sanctuary for Families
New York, Aug. 19, 2013
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