Kelly Kenoyer
Local emergency call data shows that domestic violence has shot up dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in recent months after a lull right at the beginning of lockdowns in March.
Lucy Daumen Casal, shelter manager at the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence in Albany, said calls to the non-profit’s hotline dropped at the beginning of the pandemic, but grew rapidly in July, August and September. Those three months had 441 total…