NEW YORK
Times Union
By Rick Karlin, Capitol bureau on May 3, 2016
Encouraged by a recent series in the NY Daily News and support of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Assemblywoman Margaret Markey on Tuesday renewed her decade-long push to remove New York’s statute of limitations for punishing those who sexually abuse children.
“This is the year to change that deplorable legislation,” Markey said, referring to the state’s current statute which requires victims to come forward by age 23.
With many saying that is too soon for victims to come to grips with what had happened to them, Markey and others have called for lifting the statute of limitations. They note that because of the current law, New York is one of the most difficult states for victims to confront their abusers under the legal system.
Markey. of Queens, was joined by fellow Democrats David Weprin and Linda Rosenthal in the Assemby and Senator Brad Hoylman as well as Jewish and other religious groups in what is planned as a two-day series of events.
That includes a roundtable discussion of on “Sports, schools and youth,” and a talk about the award winning film. “Spotlight,” which chronicled the Boston Globe’s expose of abuse coverups among priests.
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