NEW YORK
New York Daily News
By KENNETH LOVETT
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
MAY 10, 2018
ALBANY – A top state senator is set to introduce Thursday legislation she dubbed “a way forward” to finally making it easier for victims of child sex abuse to seek justice as adults.
Gary Greenberg, a vocal child sex abuse survivor who helped negotiate the bill with Sen. Catharine Young (R-Chautauqua County), hailed the measure as “a big step forward” while other advocates panned it.
The centerpiece of the legislation is the creation of a $300 million Child Victim Reconciliation and Compensation Fund that would be run out of the state controller’s office.
Rather than have individual abusers or institutions like the church, yeshivas, schools, the Boy Scouts of America, and the insurance companies pay the settlements, victims who no longer can bring lawsuits under current law would be eligible to seek restitution from the fund.
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