An article published yesterday by the New York Law Journal
(available
here) provides good reason to believe that the one-year Child
Victim Act (“CVA”) revival window, which allows victims
of child sex abuse of all ages to file previously time-barred
claims against their alleged abusers until August 14, 2020, will
not be extended by the New York Legislature.
Earlier in this legislative session, both the New York State
Senate and State Assembly introduced parallel bills to expand the
August 14, 2019 CVA revival window for one more year. The
justification provided for the proposed extension was that many
victims of child sexual abuse are not aware of the new law or could
not find attorneys to take on their cases and that more time was
needed to notify all New Yorkers of the revived statute of
limitations. The initiative appeared to come from the legislators
themselves, as we understand that a fairly significant number of
CVA Plaintiffs’ counsel wanted to maintain the
