N.Y. Senate GOP too busy to fix child-rape law as No. 2 Republican says changing statute is unfair to perverts

NEW YORK
New York Daily News

BY KENNETH LOVETT NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, March 31, 2016

ALBANY — The roadblock to justice for countless sex abuse victims in New York is the continued handiwork of Senate Republicans more concerned about the rights of pervs than their accusers — or too busy to even consider reforms.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan through his staff wouldn’t even discuss the matter this week despite repeated requests from the Daily News.

“We aren’t going to discuss it until after the (state) budget is settled,” Flanagan spokesman Scott Reif said in an email.

But several Senate GOPers told The News this week they have little appetite to change the law requiring child victims of sex abuse to seek legal recourse before their 23rd birthday.

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