CAPTIAL REGION, N.Y. (NEWS10) — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence hosted its inaugural Purple on the Plaza event with a special guest, Joseph Petito. Petito lost his daughter Gabby to domestic violence in a tragedy that captivated the nation back in the summer of 2021. Her father Joe was in Albany as the city lit up purple.
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“We’re here tonight to remember and to lift up the voices and victims and survivors of domestic violence,” said Kelli Nicholas Owens, Executive Director NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence.
“Together, we can, together is how we’re going to stop domestic violence. Right now, there’s about one in three women, one in five men, 10 to 20 million children a year,” explained Joe Petito. He said that he was in Albany to support new laws to help end the violence and abuse. “I’m here in support of legislation S2280, which is a lethality assessment to bring here in the state of New York.”
Petitio said it’s a program that’s been around for 20 years. “It’s shown to reduce domestic violence homicide by 50% or more.”…