Amy Barasch

September 18, 2020 | New York Law Journal

When strangulation laws were being passed across the country, domestic violence advocates were encouraged when so many police departments agreed that stopping abusive individuals from terrifying people with near death experiences should be a core practice for them, even if the survivors show no serious sign of injury when the police arrive, as is often true. Police should understand why a chokehold, like strangulation, should be illegal no matter who does it.

By Amy Barasch

5 minute read

September 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Amy Barasch and Kim Susser share their views on the Sept. 1 Court of Appeals decision on two cases considered together on appeal—'Brooke M.' and 'Estrellita X.'—which received attention for the victory the decision represents for gay and lesbian parents. The authors write, however, that the decision should be appreciated also as a decision about parenting in its myriad forms and for the fact that meeting the standard of the best interests of the child need not be exclusively about biology.

By Amy Barasch and Kim Susser

14 minute read

June 14, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Amy Barasch, executive director of the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, and Johanna Sullivan, counsel to the office write that generically speaking, "strangulation" was of course already a crime - but it wasn't called that, and therein lay the problem, especially in domestic violence cases, that the new statute was designed to address.

By Amy Barasch and Johanna Sullivan

6 minute read