The NYPD is creating a new citywide Domestic Violence Unit that the department hopes will curb the rise in family and intimate partner violence , which accounts for about 40% of felony assaults in New York over the last five years.

The Domestic Violence Unit will be the largest unit of its kind in the nation, with 450 NYPD domestic violence investigators working with advocates to create a “holistic approach” to tackle the pervasive crime, Mayor Adams and NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Thursday.

“The full force of the law is coming after those who perpetrate these crimes,” Adams said during a press conference at City Hall. “With this new unit, we will have more resources to help victims and more cops to bring abusers to justice.”

Beginning next week, domestic violen

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