Category Archives: Child Sex Abuse

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is off to an aggressive start in 2019, revealing an ambitious agenda in his recent State of the State Address. Among the list of initiatives and objectives he intends to accomplish in his new term are plans to open the window for lawsuits by child sex abuse victims. A bill to raise the statute of limitations in cases of child sex abuse, called the Child Victims Act, passed the New York legislature Assembly on Monday, January 28th. The legislation raises the age at which victims can bring both civil and criminal cases against their...