Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:32 AM
Subject: ATTN: Mr. K. L. Zwick

Kenneth L. Zwick, Director
Office of Management Programs
U.S. Department of Justice

Dear Mr. Zwick:

I am writing to you to ask that you include among relatives eligible for compensation those who lost their life partners as well as de facto parents or children, without regard to sexual orientation or marital status.

You would be following the wonderful example already set by New York Governor Pataki in granting compensation benefits "on a showing of mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who shared with the victim living expenses, day-to-day activities and the emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need."

Sincerely,
Individual Comment
Washington, DC
 

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