| A new bill penned by state Assemblywoman Ellen Young (D-Flushing) is expected to bring the state Office for the Aging and the state Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence into closer cooperation in an effort to highlight and reduce cases of domestic abuse against senior citizens.The bill, the first to be authored by the first-term legislator, will make a representative of the Office for the Aging an ex officio member of the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence.Young said last Thursday that the bill was passed by both the state Senate and Assembly and is expected to be signed into law in the near future by Gov. Eliot Spitzer."This bill is particularly important in light of the vicious mugging of 101-year-old Rose Morat of Queens in March," Young said. "Although not a domestic violence issue, it still shows that our senior citizens are susceptible to violence anywhere and additional care must be taken to ensure their protection. With the passage of this elder-abuse bill |
