NEW YORK
Albany Times Union

By Dartunorro Clark

Albany

A bill that would create the New York Child Victims Act faces uncertainty in the current state legislative session.

After its champion, Assemblywoman Margaret Markey, a Queens Democrat, introduced the bill in the 2006-07 legislative sessions, it has seen many iterations and challenges.

The bill would eliminate the statute of limitations on civil and criminal cases of sex crimes against children in New York and provide a one-year window after the law took effect for victims to retroactively bring cases of alleged abuse no matter how long ago they occurred.

Markey is hopeful the Assembly will pass it early in the session, said her spokesman, Mike Armstrong. “Her commitment to the bill and its urgency is unwavering,” he said.