A police car behind crime scene tape. While federal and state aid is available for crime victims, many say that they struggle to access it. (Getty Images) Aieda Harris knows the pain of gun violence.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The Crime Victims’ Assistance Center in Binghamton is receiving almost $900,000 in state funding. The funding comes from New York State’s Office of Victim Services, which ...

NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James and about 20 of her counterparts from other states and Washington, D.C., on Wednesday sued to try to block new Justice Department rules that would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DANVILLE — Vermilion County State’s Attorney Jacqueline Lacy announced on Monday that the Victim Assistance Program received a ...

Dawn Maendele has worked for 23 years as the sole employee of the Topeka Police Department's Crime Victims' Assistance Unit. The unit, funded through the Victims of Crimes Act, faces potential cuts ...

Victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and related crimes will no longer have to be re-victimized by being brought to ...

ALBANY — New York state will send hundreds of millions of dollars to victims assistance programs across the state, something the governor says is one way the state is moving to dampen the blow of ...