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Op-Ed: March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

New York City Council Majority Leader Amanda Farías writes about the link between traumatic brain injuries and domestic violence, urging City Hall to pass legislation to increase public awareness of TBIs in domestic violence survivors.

“Studies show that as many as 80% of survivors have experienced TBIs, such as concussions or neck injuries, with strangulation as a primary cause. The consequences of traumatic brain injuries can have a ripple effect on all aspects of a person’s life and significantly impact their ability to recover. This crisis is especially urgent in the Bronx, where we have had the highest number of domestic violence cases and deaths in New York City.”


Read the full op-ed in the Bronx Times.