The
measure also contains a one - year window of opportunity where any New Yorker who was sexually abused as a child can bring civil action
against the alleged
perpetrator, regardless of the victim's age.
Backing the 25 year jail term for rapists, the Governor, decked in a red t - shirt with inscriptions including «I Say No To Rape», «Stop Domestic Violence», among others, said it was time to take the fight one step further by amending the Protection
against Domestic Violence Law, 2007 and also come up with strict punitive
measures that would serve as a deterrent to
perpetrators of such act.