10,609!

That’s how many survivors of domestic violence in New York asked for help on a single day in 2024.

Not over a year.

Not over a month.

One day.

And behind that number were voices.

A mother called a hotline because she was afraid to go home. She sat in a parked car, engine off, children asleep in the back seat, whispering so no one would hear her.

A father asked for emergency shelter for himself and his kids. He had never imagined he would be the one packing backpacks in the middle of the night, trying to make it feel like an adventure instead of an escape.

A teenager sought counseling after witnessing abuse. She wasn’t the one being hit but she hasn’t slept through the night in months.

And 1,717 of those requests went unmet.

These figures come from a 24-hour nationwide count coordinated by the National Network to End Domestic Violence.

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