NEW YORK
The Jewish Voice
WEDNESDAY, 17 JUNE 2015 08:21 BY: TOM DEMARCO
Before taking its annual summer recess, lawmakers in the New York State Senate and Assembly are working to wrap up several important legislative matters, rather than leaving them for resolution when they return.
On Friday, it was reported that despite a record number of sponsors, the initiative to revamp the state’s statute of limitations for minors who were victimized in sexual abuse cases has met resistance in the state house.
Under current statutes, those who were sexually abused as legal minors are given up to five years after they reach the age of 18 to file charges against their alleged abuser.
The bill say advocates would afford alleged victims the opportunity to file civil suits against people or institutions in older cases and would begin 60 days after Governor Andrew Cuomo would sign the bill.
For approximately a decade, attempts have been made to modify the statue currently on the books. Several incarnations of the bill have seen passage at least four times in the Assembly but did not come to a vote in the Senate and this floundered. The legislative session ends on June 17th.
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