Author: David Catalfamo
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Rep. Mike Lawler accuses Hochul of failing to force insurance companies to pay claims from sex abuse victims
By Carl Campanile | New York Post Published Sep. 30, 2025, 7:53 p.m. ET Read Article in the New York Post New York Rep. Michael Lawler is accusing Gov. Kathy Hochul of dragging her feet by failing to force insurance companies to pay claims to thousands of alleged sexual assault victims who’ve filed lawsuits under the Child Victims Act.…
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Letter to the Editor: Some instances of child abuse would go unreported under proposed new law
Letter to the Editor: Times Union The article, “Bill limits hotline for reporting child abuse,” Aug 25, highlights a proposal that would make New York one of only three states to ban anonymous reporting of suspected child abuse. As advocates focused on justice for survivors and the prevention of future abuse, the Coalition for Just…
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Child Victims Act filers: N.Y. must enforce law with insurers as cases slog through courts
BY KATE LISA NEW YORK STATE PUBLISHED 9:44 PM ET SEP. 19, 2025 State lawmakers said they plan to work on solutions to help survivors of childhood sexual abuse get their day in court as thousands of cases remain unresolved and the years of delay prolong their pain. Thousands of cases filed under the Child Victims Act…
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Court Demolishes Insurers Stall Tactics as Survivors Offer Testimony
CJCC Demands Hochul Finally Enforce the Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 9, 2025Contact: Coalition for Just and Compassionate Compensation (CJCC)dave@cpsnewyork.com | (518) 729-0469 Albany, NY — Survivors of childhood sexual abuse will begin giving testimony today in the Albany Diocese’s bankruptcy case, just days after a federal judge denied insurers standing to block their claims. The Coalition for Just and…
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CJCC Launches Labor Day “It’s Just a Game to Them” Campaign at the US Open and Citi Field
Survivor coalition calls out big insurers—led by Chubb—for years of delay tactics; urges Governor Hochul and DFS to enforce the Child Victims Act FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 29, 2025Contact: David Catalfamo, Coalition for Just and Compassionate Compensation (CJCC)dave@cpsnewyork.com | (518) 729-0469 QUEENS, N.Y. — The Coalition for Just and Compassionate Compensation (CJCC) today kicked off a Labor Day visibility campaign…
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CJCC Demands Oversight Hearings as Insurers Target Litigation Funders Critical to Sexual Abuse Survivors’ Claims
Chubb and Marsh McLennan Conducting Coordinated Campaign to Undermine CVA and ASA Cases in New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 14, 2025 Albany, NY — The Coalition for Just & Compassionate Compensation (CJCC) is calling on the New York State Legislature to hold oversight hearings into what it describes as a coordinated campaign by Chubb Insurance and Marsh McLennan…
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ALBANY TURNS ITS BACK AGAIN ON SURVIVORS
YONKERS TIMES OP-ED FROM THE COALITION FOR JUST & COMPASSIONATE COMPENSATION | June 24, 2025 New York’s Failure to Fix Legal Loopholes Reveals Pattern of State-Sponsored Exploitation Survivors of childhood sexual abuse are condemning the New York State Assembly, Governor Kathy Hochul, and Attorney General Letitia James for failing to fix a legal flaw that is…
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Ad campaign urges Gov. Hochul to force insurers to pay for thousands of cases of sex abuse claims under New York’s Child Victims Act
By Carl Campanile Published June 2, 2025, 8:09 p.m. ET An ad campaign is pressuring Gov. Kathy Hochul to force insurance companies to pay claims to thousands of alleged sexual assault victims on behalf of churches, hospitals, schools, Boy Scouts troops and other employers they represent under the Child Victims Act. The victims who were allegedly abused as children…
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Churchill: Why won’t Kathy Hochul meet with St. Clare’s pensioners?
Times Union by Chris Churchill, Columnist – May 27, 2025 Former employees of the hospital shuttered by a state commission need an advocate in the governor’s office In 2021, soon after Kathy Hochul became the governor, the group representing former St. Clare’s Hospital employees sent her a letter. It explained their well-documented plight, telling Hochul how their…