The New York State’s Survivors of Trafficking Attaining Relief Together (START) Act was signed into law after a vigorous five-year campaign by the New York Anti-Trafficking Network and the START Act Coalition. As a member of both groups, The Legal Aid Society’s Exploitation Intervention Project (EIP) played a leading role in the effort, helping put together over 90 letters of support for the legislation, and to arrange for former EIP clients and other trafficking survivors to share their stories with lawmakers.

START broadens the avenues for victims to clear convictions for crimes stemming from their trafficking experiences.