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By: News 12 Staff

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Adult Survivors Act into law Tuesday.

The law opens a one-year look back window, suspending the statute of limitations for survivors who were sexually abused as an adult.

The state Assembly passed the ASA Monday, following a unanimous vote in the Senate last month.

Another law, the Child’s Victim Act, opened a look back window from 2019 to 2021 for people who were sexually abused as children

By Michael O’Keeffe

Suffolk County is teaming up with a Ronkonkoma crime victims advocacy group to launch a pilot program within the Babylon Union Free School District to help students and their families respond to sexual harassment and assault, County Executive Steve Bellone announced Thursday.

The pilot program was announced after school officials received complaints last year about sexual harassment and assault by former and current staff members. The program will be operated by the Crime Victims Center, which provides counseling and support to victims of violent crimes, and will be operational

By Jessie Lim and Jong Ching Yee

SINGAPORE – The police will set up a new command, which aims to provide victims of sexual crime and family violence with more support, by 2023.

The Sexual Crime and Family Violence Command will be staffed by police officers who have specialized expertise in handling sexual crime and family violence cases and who possess good victim management skills.

Announcing this on Tuesday (April 12), Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said: “All of you know that (the Government) takes a very strong and firm stance

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For 25 years, the federal Violence Against Women Act has required any state that wants to be eligible for certain federal grants to certify that the state covers the cost of medical forensic exams for people who have been sexually assaulted.

Governor Doug Ducey today signed legislation to ensure victims of sex crimes are not charged for any part of the medical or forensic examination related to the crime.

Senate Bill 1593 prohibits health care institutions from charging an intake, consultation, facility

By Jan Murphy

Gov. Tom Wolf is threatening to turn up the heat on state lawmakers this summer to pass a bill that gives victims of child sexual abuse the opportunity to sue their abusers in court

Wolf announced Monday he will call them back to Harrisburg for a special session if they fail to send him a bill that opens a two-year retroactive window for these victims to file lawsuits outside of the statute of limitations as part of the state budget package in June.

“This needs to be the top priority,”