[nyfoil-l] 1/4 New York: Please co-sign the following letter to support Esther Yang's case

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1/4 New York: Please co-sign the  following letter to support Esther Yang's 
case
 
We just received the request from a mother, Esther Yang of New York,  NY.
 
She's currently facing risk of being incarcerated by sentencing her to  
Rikers Island, and asking us for support.
 
Easter want us to co-sign the letter to the NYS Supreme Court  judge Joan 
Lobis (See above), please read the following letter and consider  co-sign the 
letter to support Ester.
 
You can directly contact Ester Young, her e-mail address: 
_nine at tmo.blackberry.net_ (mailto:nine at tmo.blackberry.net) 
 
Thanks.
 
Lee Siu Hin
National Coordinator
 
National immigrant  Solidarity Network
 
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Hon. Justice Joan  Lobis                                                      
                     January 3, 2007
NYS Supreme Court
60 Centre Street
NY NY 10004
646  386 3312 (phone)
212 374 1220 (fax)



Dear Justice  Lobis:



Enclosed please find the faxed confirmation of this  letter to Plaintiff's 
attorney, Mr. Adam Edelstein.
Fax - 212 425  5430

On behalf of the National Organization for Women-New York State, we  are 
concerned that protective mothers like Esther Yang are at risk of being  
incarcerated by sentencing her to Rikers Island.  Mothers who are loving  and socially 
active do not belong in jail along side criminals.


You  may know of the PBS documentary, "Breaking the Silence" in which NY 
Yankees  Manager Joe Torre is interviewed regarding his experience of enduring 
abuse as a  child.   If you have not seen this film, we would urge you and your  
staff to view it.

The documentary also interviews children whose parents  are engaged in 
custody battles.  It illustrates how abusive men often  manage to re-abuse their 
spouses through unnecessary litigation, and by  using any means necessary to win.

This unnecessary litigation is  exhausting (physically, emotionally, 
financially and spiritually) and very  stressful for the parent who is under attack.  
This has serious effects on  the children caught in the middle as well.

The documentary also shows the  widespread problem of mistakes being made in 
cases of domestic violence and the  court's refusal to correct its errors, 
even in the face of new evidence.   It is our hope that you and your staff will 
be sensitive to avoid such  costly mistakes.

The National Organization for Women-New York State sees  this as a pattern 
and has seen this happen in case after case, in which an  abusive man makes life 
nightmarish for the mother of their children, who is most  often a good 
mother, and naturally protective of her children and her  relationships with them.

Putting mothers like Esther Yang in Rikers  Island serves no purpose to her 
or to her 7 year
old daughter, who needs her  mom to be present and active in her young life, 
nor for society as a whole.  

On behalf of NOW-New York State and the organizations listed below, we  ask 
that you find it in your heart not to punish mothers like Esther Yang, but  to 
do what is in the best interest of children, allowing them to be with their  
good and loving mothers.    Please do not sentence her to time at  Rikers 
Island with people who are neither responsible nor active members of  society.


Sincerely,





Marcia  Pappas
President

Cc: Adam Edelstein,  Esq.




Organizations and elected officials listed in  unity and solidarity for the 
above letter:

Mo Therese Hannah,  Ph.D.
Chair, Battered Mothers Custody Conference IV

Julie  Torres
Democratic Judicial Delegate

Irene Weiser
Executive  Director
Stop Family Violence

Child Support Advocates of NYS  

The National Coalition for Family Justice
Long Island  Chapter.

The National Coalition for Family Justice
New York City  Chapter.

Former NYS Assemblyman 
Jimmy Meng

World of Women  

National Alliance for Family Court Justice

National Immigrant  Solidarity Network 

Ray Cline
Former President
Village Reform  Democratic Club

Florence Chen

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent  Association (CCBA)

Valerie Nixon

Asian Women in  Business

Soeko Prasetyo
Chairman
Perwakin Inc.

Kathy  Bozzuti-Jones, Ph.D.
Director, Children, Youth & Families
St.  Bartholomew's Church
NYC

Margaret S. Chin
Deputy Executive  Director
Asian Americans for Equality

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