Finally, justice for victims of sexual abuse in New York State

Passage of the bill included a remarkable scene of four Democratic lawmakers from NYC — Sen. Alessandra Biaggi and Assemblywomen Yuh-Line Niou, Rodneyse Bichotte and Catalina Cruz — talking about being sexually abused as children. But the unanimous vote in the State Senate hid a disturbing disingenuousness. All 24 Republicans, now in the minority, voted for the measure, after their majority caucus blocked its passage for years and denied relief to victims so badly in need of it.