There is a bill now being considered in the State Senate’s Codes Committee that deserves wider support. The proposed law would eliminate the statute of
limitations that now prevents victims who are 23 or older from filing
claims of sexual abuse against individuals or private institutions.
Current law limits when a criminal or civil action can be taken against
someone accused of certain kinds of sexual acts with children under 18.
Accusers must file charges or claims before they turn 23. After that,
regardless of what they later say was done to them, victims can find no
justice in a New York court.
