NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY
KENNETH LOVETT
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, June 10, 2017
ALBANY — Some child sex assault survivors fear they’ve been strung along by Gov. Cuomo in their push to enact a law making it easier for victims to seek justice as adults.
Cuomo in January said passage of the Child Victims Act was a top priority this year.
But while his staff continues to meet with advocates behind closed doors, he has barely brought the issue up publicly since January nor has he introduced his own version of a bill that staffers told advocates for weeks was coming.
With just two weeks left in the legislative session time is running out.
“We saw in the marriage equality fight that the governor was able to bring Republican senators to the table and stand up to the Catholic Church, which also opposed that bill,” said Kat Sullivan, who was raped as a student in 1998 at Emma Willard, a private Albany-area girl’s school. “But with the (Child Victims Act) he thinks there’s no political cost to short-changing survivors by cynically claiming he ‘cares’ about the issue while failing to take any action.”
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.