ALBANY (NY)
Times Union
November 21, 2018
By Rachel Silberstein
Survivors of childhood sex abuse are pushing back on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s Tuesday comments about the Child Victims Act.
The bill, which would enable adult victims of childhood sex abuse to bring claims against their abusers in court, includes a controversial “look-back window,” which groups like the Boy Scouts of America and the Catholic Church fear will cripple them financially.
At at pre-Thanksgiving event in Buffalo, the Democratic governor told reporters that he supports the bill, which has passed the Assembly twice and has nearly unanimous support among Democrats in the state Senate, but expressed concern about the version of the bill touted by his party.
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