Who We Are

The NYC LGBTQ DV Taskforce is a coalition of LGBTQ organizations and anti-violence organizations in New York City. Our members include:

Co-Chairs

Mariam I. Habib, LMSW
Counselor
Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention (SAVI) Program
Email: mariamihabib@yahoo.com

Catherine Hodes
Program Director
Safe Homes Project
Hotline: (718)499-2151
http://www.safehomesproject.org

Members

Andrew Sta Ana
Equal Justice Works Fellow
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Initiative
Community Law Project
Sanctuary for Families
Phone: (212)349-6009 ext. 345
Fax: (212)566-0344
http://www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org

Brett Figlewski, Esq.
Sanctuary for Families
Staff Attorney
Community Law Project
Phone: (212)349-6009 ext. 340
Fax: (212)566-0344

Briana Hofer
Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.sccadv.org

Carrie Davis, MSW
Director of Adult Services
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Phone: (212)620-7310
Email: carrie@gaycenter.org
http://www.gaycenter.org

Catherine Shugrue dos Santos, MSW
Deputy Clinical Director for Economic Empowerment Programs
Sanctuary for Families
Phone: (212)349-6009 ext. 283
Fax: (212)349-6810
http://www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org

Darlene S. Torres
Education & Hotline Coordinator
The NYC Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
Phone: (212)714-1184
Fax: (212)714-2627
Hotline: (212)714-1141
http://www.avp.org

Dishpaul S. Dhuga
Immigration & Domestic Violence
Empire Justice Center
119 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
Phone: (518) 462-6831
Fax: (518) 462-6687
Email: dhuga@empirejustice.org http://www.empirejustice.org

Madeline Garcia Bigelow
Domestic Violence Project of the Urban Justice Center
http://www.urbanjustice.org

Maria Arias, Clinical Law Instructor and Supervising Attorney CUNY School of Law Main Street Legal Services Inc.
Battered Women's Legal Rights Clinic
65-21 Main Street
Flushing, New York
Email: arias@mail.law.cuny.edu

Ovita Williams
Associate Director
Columbia University School of Social Work
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw

Pooja Gehi
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
www.srlp.org

Sally Curran
Staff Attorney
Domestic Violence Project of the Urban Justice Center
scurran@urbanjustice.org

Sandeep Kaur Bathala
Sakhi for South Asian Women
http://www.sakhi.org

Silvia M. Dutchevici, MA
Director of Crisis Shelters
Sanctuary for Families
Phone: (212) 349-6009 ext. 223
sdutchevici@sffny.org

Sonia Mansoor
Public Benefits Legal Advocate
Sanctuary for Families
Phone: (212)349-6009 ext. 314
Fax: (212)566-0344
Email: smansoor@sffny.org
http://www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org

Virginia Goggin
Staff Attorney
NYLAG
www.nylag.org

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