Robocalls Target Sen. Serino's Lack of Support for CVA

Child sex abuse survivors and advocates launched a series of hard hitting automated calls in the home district of Senator Sue Serino on Monday pushing for passage of the Child Victims Act.

The call features a victim of child sex abuse with ties to Serino’s district and urges constituents to call the senator’s office and ask why she is protecting predators over children and victims.

An audio file for calls in Senator Sue Serino’s district can be found HERE.

The calls are part of a statewide campaign to push for passage of the Child Victims Act which would expand the statute of limitations for criminal and civil action against child predators.

Most victims are barred from filing criminal and civil claims once they turn 23 years old.

The Child Victims Act expands the criminal and civil statutes of limitations for child sexual abuse cases and will create a 1-year “window" for previously unaddressed civil claims to be heard in court.

Serino has been part of a Senate GOP effort to block the bill from a vote. The budget released by the Senate GOP conference omitted the provision, despite its inclusion in both the Governor’s and Assembly’s budget bills.

New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators has been waging an aggressive campaign to get members of the Republican State Senate to compel their leadership to support passage if the Child Victims Act. The latest automated calls come on the heels of a series of district-based press events, online digital ads, a Quinnipiac poll showing 90% of New Yorkers support the bill, and actors Corey Feldman and Julianne Moore weighing in publicly on its behalf.