NEW YORK
New York Daily News
GLENN BLAIN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
May 1, 2018
ALBANY — The state Assembly approved a bill Tuesday to make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice as adults — and put pressure on the Senate to do the same.
Voting 124-9, the Assembly approved the Child Victims Act, marking the second consecutive year the Democrat-controlled chamber approved the bill. The measure, however, remains stalled in the GOP-controlled Senate.
“The CVA will ensure that adults who were sexually abused as children have a path to justice, and it will help make every New Yorker safer,” said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan), who sponsored the bill.
Senate Republicans have said they will discuss the bill, but have not committed to passing it. A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-Suffolk County) did not respond to a request for comment.
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