Media Release – January 12, 2017

Road to Recovery
January 12, 2017

http://www.road-to-recovery.org/

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo expresses his desire to get rid of the statute of limitations on sex crimes against children - Victims/survivors are cautiously optimistic

Governor Cuomo also favors a one-year look back window in which any child who was sexually abused in New York State will have one year to file a claim against his/her abuser

The Child Victims’ Act must be passed in 2017 by the New York State Legislature

What

A demonstration to support and affirm Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent commitment to make the Child Victims’ Act the law in the State of New York. Demonstrators will call on the members of the New York Senate and Assembly to pass the bill that includes:

1) NO CRIMINAL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON SEX CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, and;

2) A ONE-YEAR WINDOW TO ALLOW THOSE WHO WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED AS CHILDREN TO HOLD THEIR ABUSERS ACCOUNTABLE IN CIVIL COURTS

When

Friday, January 13, 2017 from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM

Where

On the public sidewalk in front of the New York City Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo, 633 Third Avenue (between 40th and 41st Streets), Manhattan, 10017

Who

Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., President of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families, and a victim/survivor of sexual abuse in four different

New York State counties, and:

Cecilia Springer, an 85 year-old sexual abuse victim of her high school Principal, Sr. Mary Andrew, SU, at Notre Dame School on West 79th Street, Manhattan, in the 1940s.

Why

Victims/survivors of sexual abuse in New York State have been given hope that the Child Victims’ Act will finally become law now that Governor Andrew Cuomo has expressed his support of it. Victims/survivors have fought for justice for decades, and it appears that there might be hope in 2017 for the passage of the bill. Demonstrators will express their support of Governor Cuomo in his quest to get the Child Victims’ Act signed into law.

Contacts

Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Road to Recovery, Inc. – 862-368-2800 –roberthoatson@gmail.com