Safe Horizon, Survivors, Lawmakers & Advocates Launch PSA Campaign Ahead of Adult Survivors Act in Times Sq

NEW YORK, NY (11/18/2022) (readMedia)-- On Friday, Safe Horizon will launch a video and still photo PSA campaign in Times Square featuring survivors of sex abuse – including Evelyn Yang, Drew Dixon, Marissa Hoechstetter, Donna Hylton, Alison Turkos and others. The PSA campaign is designed to tell adult survivors of sexual abuse about their options under the soon-to-open lookback window created by the passage of the Adult Survivors Act (ASA).

The event will also include Commissioner for the NYS Division of Human Rights Maria L. Imperial, bill sponsor Senator Brad Hoylman, Assembly Member Catalina Cruz, and other advocates to rally ahead of the ASA window's opening next week. The ASA is a law that provides a one year look back window for any survivor who was sexually abused as an adult (18+) to sue their abuser in civil court, even if the statute of limitation has expired. It goes into effect on November 24, 2022, at which point survivors will have one year to file a civil suit. The window closes on November 23, 2023.

This event will be streamed on Safe Horizon's Instagram page.

The ASA is based on the Child Victims Act (CVA,) which both extended the criminal & civil statutes of limitations forward and created a one-year lookback window (later extended due to COVID's impact on the courts) to allow time-barred survivors of childhood sexual abuse to sue their abusers & negligent institutions in civil court. Over 10,000 survivors filed civil lawsuits in New York during the two years that the lookback window was open.