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20 June 2016

N.Y. legislature fails to reach deal for Child Victims Act before legislative session ends

ALBANY - In a crushing blow to victims, the state Legislature ended the 2016 legislative session early Saturday without acting on legislation to help child sex abuse survivors.
An all-night session to wrap up up the legislative year did not lead to a last-minute miracle that advocates were hoping for.  “The survivors were thrown a tattered raft in this stormy session,” said Kathryn Robb, an advocate and sexual abuse survivor.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/n-y-legislature-fails-reach-deal-child-victims-act-article-1.2678410