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Council hearing spotlights push to reopen 'look-back' window in Gender Motivated Violence Act after court dismissals
Summary
Council members, survivors and attorneys urged passage of Intro 12-97 to restore a one-year look-back window and preserve survivors' ability to sue institutions; administration expressed cost concerns and said it would follow up with the council.
New York City Council members, survivors and attorneys urged the Committee on Women and Gender Equity on Oct. 1 to pass Intro 12-97, a bill to reopen a one-year look-back window allowing survivors of gender-motivated violence to sue institutions that enabled abuse. The measure was framed as a correction to a technical issue courts have used to dismiss cases brought by survivors of institutional abuse.
Council Member Farah Lewis, chair of the Committee on Women and Gender Equity, opened the oversight hearing and listed Intro 12-97 among the items for consideration. Many speakers said recent court rulings have already resulted in dismissals of cases filed by people who experienced abuse years earlier.…
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