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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Child Victims Act, Adult Survivors Act, and Gender Motivated Violence Act cases
2:50:29
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The Law Department is addressing a significant influx of cases brought under recent legislation that revived time-barred claims for certain types of abuse and violence.
- Hundreds of cases have been brought against the city under the Child Victims Act, the Adult Survivors Act, and the Gender Motivated Violence Act.
- The look-back periods for these acts have resulted in claims with an estimated value of more than $1 billion.
- These cases represent a new challenge for the department in terms of volume and complexity.
Muriel Goode-Trufant
2:50:29
Notably, we continue to address the influx of hundreds of cases brought against the city pursuant to the Child Victims Act, the Adult Survivors Act, and the Gender Motivated Violence Act.
2:50:44
Look back periods reviving time barred claims for these three acts have resulted in claims with an estimated value of one more than $1,000,000,000.
2:50:56
The family court division is the second largest division in the law department with our largest prosecutorial practice.