NEW YORK
New York Daily News
DENIS SLATTERY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, October 17, 2016
Organizers at a rally calling for the passage of a bill making it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice in New York blasted lawmakers for holding up the legislation.
The “Protect Children” rally was held Saturday in Saint James, Long Island, in the heart of Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan’s district.
Flanagan and a handful of other lawmakers have opposed efforts, led by the Daily News, to pass the Child Victims Act.
“John Flanagan should be ashamed of himself,” said Gary Greenberg, a casino investor who created the Fighting For the Children political action committee to help usher in a Democratic Senate majority. “The failure of the Child Victim’s Act by the Senate Republicans has put our kids safety at risk.”
Greenberg, himself a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, blasted Flanagan.
“Predators are prowling our streets looking for your kids because of Senator Flanagan,” he said.
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