Assemblywoman
Margaret Markey (D-Queens) fights to get Statute of Limitations laws changed
but her own party hinders her. Assembly
Democratic leaders say the Oscar-winning film Spotlight can’t be shown on
government property. Markey’s office has
a permit to show the film and will continue to push for the screening to follow
a May 4 roundtable on child abuse issues.
Three
times in the past decade the Assembly has passed a bill sponsored by Markey
that would not only make it easier for victims to sue, but would also grant a
one-year window for those whose statute of limitations had expired to bring a
civil lawsuit. The last time the bill cleared the Assembly was in 2008.