NEW YORK
New York Daily News
Editorial
As victims put faces, voices and tears to the campaign to extend or eliminate the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse, the true force behind opposition in Albany came to the fore: money.
Those who traveled to the capital to tell their stories did so in the hope that conveying the horror, agony and scarring of their experiences would be an enlightening impetus for legislative reforms.
Only one important player met personally with the survivors: After snubbing them to attend a pizza party of May 4, Republican Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco gave the victims an audience in full view of the press.
Although he remained opposed to changing the law, DeFrancisco had the courtesy to tell the supplicants no to their faces. Gov. Cuomo, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie relegated the victims to speaking with aides.
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