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BY KENNETH LOVETT NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF
Sunday, April 10, 2016
ALBANY — State Senate Democrats are introducing a bill that would not only eliminate the time limits for child sex abuse victims to bring criminal or civil cases, but also make it easier for them to sue public institutions like schools, the Daily News has learned.
Sponsored by Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Sen. Brad Hoylman, the bill would be the most comprehensive in the Legislature in making it easier for victims and law enforcement to go after predators.
“This is a crucial step to ensuring that all victims of child sex abuse get their day in court and that the predators at fault are held criminally and civilly responsible,” said Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers). “We must protect victims no matter where or when the heinous crime took place.”
The legislation borrows components from several bills that are already out there to address the issue.
But it also goes further by doing away with a requirement that kids abused at public institutions like schools or the foster care system file an intent to sue the government entity within 90 days of the incident occurring.
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