As the session enters its final weeks, child sex abuse victims are calling out the governor and Senate Republicans for not expanding their legal rights to hold their abusers accountable. Sen. Brad Hoylman’s Child Victims Act, and related legislation, would extend the statute of limitations on legal actions for sex crimes […]
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Paulin bill would enlist hotels, motels in fight against human trafficking
Following Connecticut’s footsteps, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, has teamed up with author and activist Anneke Lucas to promote a new bill that would require staff at hotels, motels, inns and boarding houses to undergo mandatory training to recognize human sex trafficking and provide aid to victims if they see it […]
Senator is skeptical of church’s plan to compensate abuse victims
Sen. Brad Hoylman, prime sponsor of the Child Victims Act (S.7296), is responding with skepticism to a recent announcement that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York will create a child sexual abuse compensation fund. “I’m glad the Archdiocese of New York is taking responsibility for the untold number […]