Spectrum News 1
By Nick Reisman
November 21, 2022
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Advocates for the victims and survivors of sexual abuse have launched a campaign to highlight the rapidly approaching one-year lookback window for filing a lawsuit.
The campaign includes a video and a photo campaign in Times Square that will also run on social media platforms.
“The ASA will allow survivors who have been burdened for so long by their pain to rebuild and heal in a world that finally acknowledges their truth and their trauma,” said Drew Dixon, a survivor. “The opening of this lookback window is a parting of the clouds for victims of sex crimes in New York, and I’m so grateful for it.”
“So many courageous survivors fought for this bill – it is their powerful voices that made the Adult Survivors Act a reality.” said Liz Roberts, the CEO of the organization Safe Horizon. “We stand in solidarity with all survivors who choose to come forward during the lookback window, and with those who don’t, and hope that every survivor is able to find a pathway to healing.”