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NY K00899

Resolution

Status

Passed

1/29/2026

Primary Sponsor

Carrie Woerner

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requests Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 2026 as Stalking Awareness Month in New York State
  • Approximately 13.5 million people are stalked annually in the United States, with about 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men experiencing stalking at some point in their lives
  • 40% of victims are stalked by a current or former intimate partner, and 42% by an acquaintance, contradicting the notion that stalkers are typically strangers
  • 80% of stalking victims report being stalked with technology, and more than half of stalking victims first experienced it before age 25
  • 1 in 8 employed stalking victims lose time from work, and 1 in 7 victims move as a result of their victimization

Legislative Description

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 2026, as Stalking Awareness Month in the State of New York

Last Action

adopted

1/29/2026

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