Reimagining Domestic Violence Services

By Carol Corden, Executive Director Recently, Governor Cuomo released the final report of the COVID-19 Domestic Violence Task Force, comprised of 27 national experts in domestic violence. The report set out to reimagine a more survivor-centered and culturally competent world for domestic violence survivors seeking services. The Task Force identified solutions that place the needs […]


Update – How We are Making a Difference

By Carol Corden, Executive Director As New Destiny adapts to the rapid changes resulting from COVID-19, I want to share how we are working to meet the needs of domestic violence survivors. We continue to monitor legislation and policies that impact low-income families and homeless domestic violence survivors and to update our Housing Resource Center  to […]


How We are Helping During COVID-19

By Carol Corden, Executive Director As the coronavirus spreads and most of our staff has moved to remote work, I wanted to share an update on the measures that New Destiny has implemented to maintain programming for the vulnerable individuals and families we serve. We are communicating through email, phone and text messaging so that we […]


FAQ on COVID-19 and NYC affordable housing

By Gina Cappuccitti, Assistant Director, HousingLink We’ve put together some answers to questions you may have regarding how COVID-19/coronavirus may impact renting an affordable apartment and accessing documents. Is there guidance on getting documents for rental applications?  If you rely on going in-person to get documents from financial institutions, employers, etc., work on learning how […]