The Adult Survivor Act would allow sexual assault victims to sue institutions that failed them
tate bill called the Adult Survivors Act, which would give those who had experienced sexual abuse but never pressed charges a year to file civil complaints, has passed the state Senate. Yet it
remains mysteriously bogged down in the states Assembly Judiciary Committee, leaving some to wonder if that’s because the bill opens the Assembly, along with Governor Andrew Cuomo, open to a whole bunch of lawsuits.
“Would the governor perceive passing legislation protecting survivors as a personal offense at him?” Crothers wonders. Meanwhile, the very Assembly Judiciary committee where the Adult Survivors Act is stalled is currently undertaking its own,investigation into the claims against Cuomo—raising the ire of the Sexual Harassment Working Group, who says it is providing “cover” for the governor.”
Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, a sponsor of the Adult Survivors Act, says she has neither heard any reasoning for why the bill is not moving forward nor been given the opportunity to ask questions about the progress of the bill. It really is almost as if some of these people did some terrible things and do not want to be sued for having done them.
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