Despite a renewed push by advocates and a Daily News campaign, the Legislature finished its 2016 legislative session last week without enacting a new law to
address child sex abuse victims.
Last week, Gov. Cuomo said he would like to see a bill
addressing the child sex abuse issue passed before the scheduled June 16 end of the legislative session.
Gov. Cuomo said he'd like to see a bill
addressing the child sex abuse issue passed before June 16, the final day of the legislative session.
In a statement to The News last week, Flanagan for the first time said there are bills
addressing child sex abuse issues that he is prepared to support.
Meanwhile, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx) has not said whether his Democratic conference will bring any bill
addressing the child sex abuse issue to the floor for a vote before the end of the legislative session.
Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said there are bills
addressing child sex abuse issues that he is prepared to sign on to.
Not exact matches
Child sex abuse is a problem for society at large which it has barely begun seriously to
address.
In lower Manhattan on Tuesday, the day before Cuomo's scheduled State of the State
address, Vance stood with other elected officials, advocates and survivors of
child sex abuse in front of the «Fearless Girl» statue at Bowling Green, calling on the Governor to include the Child Victims Act (CVA) in his 2018 bu
child sex abuse in front of the «Fearless Girl» statue at Bowling Green, calling on the Governor to include the
Child Victims Act (CVA) in his 2018 bu
Child Victims Act (CVA) in his 2018 budget.
The bill also adds the subject of
sex trafficking to the current law requiring districts to adopt a policy
addressing sexual
abuse and other maltreatment of
children.