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Police are searching for a man who allegedly struck a woman on the head and began to sexually assault her over the weekend in North Bellmore.
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By Erik Hawkins
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4/10/17
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A 21-year-old woman was sexually assaulted on the morning of Dec. 27 in West Hempstead after a man with a handgun approached her on Terminal Rd.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/28/16
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A group of presenters at Nassau Community College this month included survivors of some of the worst human catastrophes of the 20th century. Speakers told an audience about the extreme and unique threats that women face when societies collapse into violent genocidal conflict.
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By Micah Danney
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3/30/16
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A 2015 survey conducted by the Association of American Universities of 150,000 college students from 27 U.S. universities, found that 23 percent of women said they have experienced unwanted sexual contact — ranging from kissing to touching to rape — done by force or the threat of physical violence, and in some cases while they were incapacitated due to alcohol or drug use.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/23/16
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The numbers from the U.S. Justice Department are sobering: from 1995 to 2013, more than 10,000 women in college were raped.
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3/4/15
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Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo put forward a bill that would help combat sexual assault on college campuses across New York.
The bill, part of the governor’s Enough is Enough initiative, would make all colleges in the state, which enroll some 1.2 million students, comply with initiatives the governor instituted at SUNY schools last year, including setting up a statewide definition of affirmative consent and creating a Bill of Rights for victims and survivors of sexual assault.
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By Alex Costello
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3/4/15
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As we prepare our young women for college, we must not forget “the talk” about how they can keep themselves safe.
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10/2/14
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Nashane Peterkin, the Queens man charged in connection with a pair of sexual assaults in Valley Stream in August and September, was back in court on Thursday to face additional charges.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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10/3/13
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A Queens teenager has been arrested in connection with a series of sexual assaults in the Valley Stream area over the last month.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/8/13
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Wiseallah Hightower-Castro, 24, of Starks Place in Lynbrook, was arrested in connection with a rape, robbery and burglary that occurred on January 8 in …
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By Mary Malloy
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1/17/12
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