NEW YORK
Legislative Gazette

By JACKIE DAVIS, Gazette Staff Writer

More than 60 Assembly members are asking their leader for a chance to vote on the Child Victims Act as the session winds to a close.

Backed by 62 Assembly members, the Child Victims Act aims to eliminate criminal and civil statutes of limitation for those who have been sexually abused. A one-year “window” would also allow older victims who wish to revive their cases in civil courts where a previous statute of limitation has expired.

“There is no limit on what is a life-time of suffering and anguish for so many victims of child sexual abuse,” said Assemblywoman Margaret Markey, the bill’s sponsor and long-time champion. “That is why there should be no limit on the ability of victims and society to prosecute abusers and no limit on holding accountable those institutions and organizations that have deliberately protected…