Controlling the issue: Senate Republicans need to get behind the Child Victims Act

Thanks to the inaction of Republicans in the state Senate, Democrats have turned the sexual abuse of children into a campaign issue. The Child Victims Act has passed six times over the years in the state Assembly. But GOP leadership has not allowed the bill to be voted on in the Senate for more than a decade. According to the statute of limitations in New York, people abused when they were younger than age 18 may pursue criminal or civil actions until they turn 23. The Child Victims Act would raise the criminal statute of limitations to age 28 and the civil statute of limitations to age 50. It also would grant older victims a window of one year to file civil claims.

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