NEW YORK
New York Daily News
KENNETH LOVETT
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo is weighing in for the first time with his own plan for a Child Victims Act designed to help child sex abuse survivors seek legal recourse as adults.
Cuomo, as part of a formal written agenda to be given to the Legislature Tuesday, said he wants to do away entirely with the statute of limitation that prohibits those who were abused as children from bringing criminal cases after their 23rd birthday.
Cuomo’s plan would also allow victims to bring civil lawsuits for 50 years after their attacks took place and would open up a one-year look-back window for survivors who under current law can no longer bring cases to do so.
In addition, the plan would treat public and private institutions the same by doing away with a current requirement that gives those abused in a school or other public entity only 90 days from the attack to notify of their intent to sue.
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