Press Conference: Announcing Senate Action to Pass “Brittany’s Law – The Domestic Violence Registry”

ATTENTION PRINT/RADIO/TV NEWS DIRECTORS

WHO:  Senator Catharine Young
             Senator Pam Helming
             Senator Joe Griffo
Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb
Assemblyman Joseph Giglio
Wayne County Sheriff Barry Virts
Dale Driscoll, Maternal Grandmother of Brittany Passalacqua
Joan Tandle, Paternal Grandmother of Brittany Passalacqua
Thomas and Linda Randolph, Domestic Violence Prevention Advocates
Christopher and Kevin Retzer, Advocates for J.J.’s Law
Tammy Dailey, Domestic Violence Survivor
                       
WHAT:          Announcing Senate Action to Pass “Brittany’s Law – The Domestic Violence Registry”

WHERE:       New York State Capitol, Room 124 CAP, Albany, New York 

WHEN:          Wednesday, June 14, 2017; 10:00 A.M.

Senator Catharine Young (R,C,I- 57th District), Senator Pam Helming (R,C,I- 54th District), Senator Joseph Griffo (R-Rome), Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R,C,I,Ref-Canandaigua) and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio (R,C,I- Gowanda) will be joined by Dale Driscoll and Joan Tandle, grandmothers of Brittany Passalacqua, and other domestic violence prevention advocate for a press conference announcing pending Senate passage of Brittany’s Law and calling for the Assembly Majority to pass this important domestic violence prevention legislation. 

The press conference will take place at 10am on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at Room 124 of the New York State Capitol in Albany. 

“Brittany’s Law” was authored in response to the brutal 2009 murder of 12-year-old Brittany Passalacqua, and her mother, Helen Buchel, of Geneva, New York. The bill requires convicted domestic violence offenders to register with the state criminal justice division upon parole or release from incarceration, hospitalization or institutionalization. This information would be disseminated to the public via a registry similar to the one for sexual offenders under Megan’s Law. 

The Senate has passed the bill at least six times previously, yet the Assembly’s New York City controlled leadership has failed to act.

The media is encouraged to attend.