Please join in asking the Assembly and Senate leaders to take action now on childhood sex abuse crimes. Write to tell them you want to see a vote now on the two Child Victims Act bills to eliminate the civil (Civil - A2872A/S63A) and (Criminal - A8567/S6436)
Send your letters to:
· Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Room 932, Legislative Office Building, Albany,
· State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Room 330, State Capitol, Albany, NY 12247
New York State is the worst in the
nation in defending our children
with the weakest laws.
GOVERNOR CUOMO
MAKE IT HAPPEN
Join us on May 3rd and 4th as we join Assemblywoman Markey in Albany for lobby day on behalf of the Child Victims Act that will nix the statute of limitations for sex crimes in New York.
Sex abuse victims press Gov. Cuomo to support extending statute of limitations against abusers
BY REUVEN BLAU
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 4:00 AM
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Sex abuse victims and child advocates turned up the heat Monday on Gov. Cuomo, calling on him to support legislation that would extend the statute of limitations for criminal charges and civil suits lodged against accused abusers.
For years, Joel Engelman, who was allegedly abused by a yeshiva principal, said he has lobbied Albany lawmakers to extend the statute — saying that school administrators can’t be trusted to do the right thing.
“The governor needs to take a stronger and more public stance on this issue,” said Engelman, 30. “The silence is deafening. The governor is pretty much saying he’s not interested in this bill passing.”
Cuomo said he was willing to consider some type of change to the law, but he did not elaborate.
“Those guilty of sexual abuse need to be held accountable, and we would support changes to help ensure victims have their day in court and maintain due process,” said Cuomo’s spokesman Richard Azzopardi.
But he stopped short of outright supporting a proposed bill — sponsored by Assemblywoman Margaret Markey (D-Queens) and last passed by the Assembly in 2008 — that would extend the statute of limitations, a measure opposed by the Catholic Church and a consortium of yeshivas.
That has upset at least one Jewish child advocate. “The governor has to address this problem immediately. He’s part of the problem,” said Mark Meyer Appel, founder of Voice of Justice.
Engelman, who says he was abused when he was 8, just wanted the Williamsburg, Brooklyn, yeshiva he attended to fire his accused abuser, Rabbi Avrohom Reichman.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/sex-abuse-victims-press-cuomo-support-law-article-1.2588669
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