Category: News Articles
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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…
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GUEST COLUMN: State must step up for St. Clare’s pensioners, abuse survivors
For Gazette Opinion, Daily Gazette May 20, 2025 For nearly six years, former workers of St. Clare’s Hospital have been fighting for justice through the courts. Last week’s ruling by Justice Vincent Versaci allowing their case against the Albany Diocese to proceed to trial reveals a troubling reality — survivors of childhood sexual abuse and…
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GUEST COLUMN: State must step up for St. Clare’s pensioners, abuse survivors
Daily Gazette – David Catalfamo | May 20, 2025 Guest Column- Read Full Article Here
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N.Y. comptroller: Audit of Child Victims Act governmental liability isn’t feasible
Sprectrum 1 News | BY RYAN WHALEN NEW YORK STATE PUBLISHED 7:22 PM ET APR. 10, 2025 ALBANY, N.Y. — The Coalition for Just and Compassionate Compensation is an advocacy group representing the interest of New York’s Child Victims Act claimants. “There’s over 10,000 in the state and the vast, vast majority of them have not seen…
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Commentary: Lawmakers must act to move CVA claims forward
Albany Times-Union (Opinion) | By Stephen Jimenez and Kathryn Robb February 25, 2025 Insurance companies need to be held to account to bring justice for survivors of childhood sex abuse Six years ago this month, the Child Victims Act was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. At the time, it was lauded as landmark legislation…
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Trenton Diocese takes legal action against Chubb over alleged sexual abuse claim denials
Insurance Business Magazine | By Kenneth Araullo | Feb 11, 2025 Filing accuses insurer of a pattern of rejecting claims The Diocese of Trenton has filed a lawsuit against Chubb and its subsidiaries, along with other insurance providers, alleging that they have refused to pay claims related to sexual abuse cases brought under the New Jersey Child Victims…
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NYC educators accused of sending inappropriate messages to kids still licensed, in classrooms
NY Post | By Deirdre Bardolf and Susan Edelman Published Feb. 8, 2025, 7:00 a.m. ET At least six teachers recently busted for inappropriate communications and relationships with city students are still licensed to teach in the state, including two who moved on to work in Long Island classrooms, The Post has learned. Reports by the city’s Special Commissioner…