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Urban Resource Institute Empowering individuas, families, and communities to end cycles of domestic violence, homelessness,

Urban Resource Institute (URI) provide comprehensive, holistic, and supportive human services programs that empower individuals and families in the New York metropolitan area to change their lives for the better. With our rich legacy of social service research and expertise, our deep relationships with the diverse communities we serve, and our flexible, innovative approach to program development and service delivery, we are uniquely equipped to provide solutions to the challenges affecting New York’s most vulnerable populations. Our hands-on programs for victims of domestic violence and homelessness are specifically tailored to meet the needs of the individual, while our advocacy and community outreach initiatives advance social change and build wider visibility and support for the issues that have an impact on our clients’ quality of life and New York’s urban communities.

Survivors deserve safety with their pets. We welcomed members of the New York City Council's Animal Welfare Caucus to on...
10/19/2026

Survivors deserve safety with their pets. We welcomed members of the New York City Council's Animal Welfare Caucus to one of URI's pet-inclusive domestic violence shelters to learn how URI’s People and Animals Living Safely (PALS) program helps survivors, their children, and their pets find safety and heal together.

The visit was an opportunity to share our work and discuss how the City can expand pet-inclusive shelter and affordable housing, so families can stay together both during a crisis and as they rebuild their lives.

Thank you to Council Members Harvey Epstein, Farah N. Louis, Shirley Albedol, and Gale A. Brewer for joining us and helping advance this conversation.

70,523 incidents of teen relationship violence were recorded by the FBI in 2024. Nearly half of victims had a reported i...
10/19/2026

70,523 incidents of teen relationship violence were recorded by the FBI in 2024. Nearly half of victims had a reported injury.

Behind every number is a young person who deserves safety, respect, and support without judgment.

URI's Relationship Abuse Prevention Program (RAPP) helps young people recognize unhealthy behavior and build healthy, respectful relationships through workshops, counseling, peer connection, and youth leadership.

Young people can learn the signs. Trusted adults can listen. Communities can invest in prevention.

Learn about participating, referring a young person, or partnering with RAPP at https://urinyc.org/rapp-and-early-rapp-relationship-abuse-prevention-program/ or email [email protected].

Today is Go Purple Day, a day of awareness, solidarity, and support for survivors of domestic violence. Among those impa...
10/15/2026

Today is Go Purple Day, a day of awareness, solidarity, and support for survivors of domestic violence. Among those impacted by domestic violence are children, who are too often overlooked in these conversations.

Children may see violence, hear it, anticipate it, or learn to navigate their lives around it. They may worry about a parent, sibling or pet. Some may learn when to leave a room, when not to ask a question, or when being quiet feels safer than being heard.

This October, help us make sure children affected by domestic violence are not overlooked.

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She spent decades protecting others. She deserved protection, too. URI mourns Ann Mannix and her daughter, Katherine. As...
10/13/2026

She spent decades protecting others. She deserved protection, too.

URI mourns Ann Mannix and her daughter, Katherine. As CEO Nathaniel M. Fields reminds us, responsibility belongs to the person who causes harm – but institutions must also be accountable for how they recognize danger and protect those at risk.

This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, awareness must lead to action.

Read URI’s full statement: https://urinyc.org/download/uri-statement-on-the-apparent-domestic-violence-murder-suicide-in-marin-county/

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Team URI recently participated in the fifth annual “A Mile in Their Shoes” Domestic Violence Awareness Walk/Run/Roll and...
10/13/2026

Team URI recently participated in the fifth annual “A Mile in Their Shoes” Domestic Violence Awareness Walk/Run/Roll and Family Festival, hosted by Staten Island District Attorney Michael M. McMahon. Thank you to the DA's office and everyone who attended to raise awareness of domestic violence this month and year-round.

Emily Knickerbocker, Director of URI's People and Animals Living Safely (PALS) Program, will be speaking on October 16 a...
10/12/2026

Emily Knickerbocker, Director of URI's People and Animals Living Safely (PALS) Program, will be speaking on October 16 at the NYU Kimmel Center for Volunteers of America - Greater New York's Annual Domestic Violence Conference. This panel will address the gender-based violence housing continuum and the importance of secure and trauma-informed housing as a critical element of safety planning for survivors. This event is free - learn more and register here: https://www.voa-gny.org/event/2026dvconference/

Another woman killed. How many more before we act? We mourn Pheona Premraji and stand with her loved ones. Domestic viol...
10/09/2026

Another woman killed. How many more before we act?

We mourn Pheona Premraji and stand with her loved ones.

Domestic violence is an epidemic, and our response must match the magnitude of the crisis.

10/09/2026

An 8-month-old baby survived an act of violence that took her mother’s life. She is not a bystander to domestic violence.

Children may witness abuse, experience fear and instability, lose a parent—or become direct targets of violence themselves. Even when they cannot tell us what they have experienced, the impact is real.

Urban Resource Institute (URI) CEO Nathaniel Fields spoke with NBC New York about the impact of domestic violence on entire families and why children must be part of how we understand, prevent and respond to abuse.

This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we are asking everyone to Hear Their Silence. Children are part of the story. They must be part of the response.

Hear their silence. Fund their safety: https://bit.ly/HearTheirSilence

New York already recognizes that a person can be too intoxicated to consent. But that protection changes when a survivor...
10/08/2026

New York already recognizes that a person can be too intoxicated to consent. But that protection changes when a survivor moves from a college campus into a courtroom.

Under New York’s Enough is Enough law, the focus is on a person’s capacity to consent, not how they became impaired. Criminal law does not provide the same protection when someone voluntarily consumed alcohol or drugs.

That contradiction leaves a gap for survivors.

We applaud Governor Hochul’s appointment of Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the Cornell case. Now, URI urges the New York State Legislature to pass A.101/S.10632 and strengthen protections for every New Yorker.

Swipe to understand the gap, the proposed solution, and why it matters.

Consent requires the capacity to consent.

Domestic and family violence rarely has only one victim. Children are not bystanders to domestic violence. They experien...
10/07/2026

Domestic and family violence rarely has only one victim. Children are not bystanders to domestic violence. They experience it. They carry it. The deaths of Nathaly Ramirez, and Lora and Sloane Grodnick, are devastating reminders of this reality.

https://give.urinyc.org/a/hear-their-silence

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