ALBANY (NY)
Albany Times Union
October 17, 2017
By Matthew Hamilton
The founder of a PAC formed to supposed candidates in favor of the stalled Child Victims Act in the Legislature is urging sexual assault survivors to vote yes on holding a constitutional convention in November.
Fighting for Children PAC founder Gary Greenberg, a sexual abuse survivor, said Tuesday that a constitutional convention, which would be held in 2019, would allow victims of sexual abuse to run as delegates and ultimately propose amendments reforming sexual abuse statutes.
Delegates would be selected in 2018 if a convention process is triggered.
Greenberg said he is looking into spending on online advertising and signs in support of a convention.
The Child Victims Act has been a controversial proposal at the Capitol. The Assembly passed a version of the bill, which would extend the statute of limitation for criminal and civil child sex abuse cases. The state Senate declined to take such legislation up at the end of the legislative session in June.
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