纽约州州长 Hochul 10月27日签署3项法律：私密影像受害者可隐藏住址、旅馆人口贩运信息违规将受罚
纽约州州长 Kathy Hochul 10 月 27 日签署 3 项法律，加强对全州暴力与剥削受害者及幸存者的保护。新法分别扩大私密影像被非法散布者的住址隐私保护、对未按规定展示人口贩运幸存者服务信息的旅馆与汽车旅馆设立罚则，并要求在家暴幸存者的选民登记保密保护到期前提前通知本人。
第一项法律 S.5041/A.6338 允许私密照片或视频被非法、未经同意散布的人参加纽约州「住址保密计划」（Address Confidentiality Program）。据州长办公室介绍，该计划帮助已经搬家的人保密新住址，允许其使用替代邮寄地址。州参议员 Luis Sepúlveda 表示，此举让这类受害者不必在寻求正义与保护个人安全之间二选一。
第二项法律 S.9341A/A.8939A 加强现有规定的执行：旅馆、汽车旅馆及其他住宿场所必须展示可供人口贩运受害者使用的服务信息，新法对不遵守这一要求的场所设立民事罚则。州参议员 Jessica Scarella-Spanton 表示，纽约州虽已规定旅馆须张贴此类信息，但并非每家场所都合规，新法的罚则意在确保需要帮助的人能看到这些信息。
第三项法律 S.9671A/A.10960A 要求纽约州选举委员会（BOE）在家暴幸存者的选民登记信息保密保护到期前向其发出通知。按现行法律，符合条件的幸存者可申请将选民登记信息保密 4 年，以防施暴者通过公开记录找到其下落；新法要求选举委员会至少在保护到期前 6 个月邮寄通知，并附续期说明。这一安排承接 Hochul 2021 年签署的法律——幸存者自那时起可直接向选举委员会申请登记保密，无需先取得法院命令。
Hochul 表示，保护家暴受害者对她个人而言始终意义深重，每位纽约人都应享有免于恐惧生活的权利，新法将帮助保护这一权利。州受害者服务办公室（OVS）主任 Bea Hanson 表示，纽约州在保护犯罪受害者与幸存者权利方面长期走在前列，州政府将继续扩大服务、支持与赔偿的可及性。州长办公室同时提到，Hochul 任内已投入 1 亿美元州资金支持受害者援助项目，并投入 2,300 万美元于「全州定向减少亲密伴侣暴力计划」（STRIVE），以强化执法机关对家暴的响应并扩大对幸存者的服务。
New York Governor Hochul Signs Three Laws on October 27 Strengthening Protections for Victims and Survivors of Violence and Exploitation
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on October 27 signed three pieces of legislation strengthening protections for victims and survivors of violence and exploitation across New York State. The new laws expand address privacy for people whose intimate images have been shared without consent, create penalties for hotels and motels that fail to display required information on services for human trafficking survivors, and require that domestic violence survivors be notified before the confidentiality protections on their voter registration records expire.
The first law, S.5041/A.6338, allows people whose intimate photos or videos have been illegally and nonconsensually shared to participate in New York State's Address Confidentiality Program. According to the Governor's office, the program helps people who have moved keep their new home address private by allowing them to use a substitute mailing address. State Senator Luis Sepulveda said the measure ensures victims of revenge porn and the unlawful dissemination of intimate images do not have to choose between seeking justice and protecting their personal safety and privacy.
The second law, S.9341A/A.8939A, strengthens enforcement of existing requirements for hotels, motels and other lodging facilities to display information about services available to victims of human trafficking, establishing civil penalties for locations that fail to comply. State Senator Jessica Scarella-Spanton said that although New York State mandates that hotels post information on services for these victims, not every establishment is in compliance, and the penalties are intended to ensure the information is accessible to people who need it.
The third law, S.9671A/A.10960A, requires the New York State Board of Elections (BOE) to notify domestic violence survivors that the confidentiality of their voter registration information is about to expire. Under existing law, eligible survivors can request that their voter registration information be kept private for four years to prevent an abuser from using public records to locate them; under the new law, BOE must mail survivors a notice at least six months before those protections expire, including instructions for how to renew them. The measure builds on legislation Hochul signed in 2021 allowing domestic violence survivors to request confidentiality for their voter registration records directly from BOE instead of through a formerly mandated court order.
"Protecting victims of domestic violence has always been deeply personal to me," Governor Hochul said. "Every New Yorker deserves to live a life free from fear, and these new laws will help to protect that right." Office of Victim Services Director Bea Hanson said New York has long been a leader in protecting the rights of victims and survivors of crime, and that the state continues to expand access to services, support and compensation. The Governor's office also noted $100 million in state funding to support victim assistance programs and a $23 million investment in the Statewide Targeted Reductions in Intimate Partner Violence (STRIVE) initiative.
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图片来源：图：纽约州州长 Kathy Hochul（2024年2月官方活动照）。照片：纽约州州长办公室，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / New York Governor Kathy Hochul at an official event in February 2024. Photo: Office of Governor Kathy Hochul, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
