NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY
KENNETH LOVETT
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, June 5, 2017
ALBANY — Despite a recent flurry of new legislation designed to help adults who were sexually abused as kids, the chances of a law being enacted this year remain a long-shot.
The fate of the Child Victims Act continues to rest with the state Senate Republicans, who for years have blocked the issue and so far have shown little interest in getting it done this year.
“We’re reviewing the issue,” said Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif. “There are a lot of Child Victims Act bills out there.”
But Kathryn Robb, a child sex abuse survivor and advocate said that “it’s time for the Senate GOP to step up and get in line with the leadership of Assembly and Dems in the Senate.”
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