NY Let Childhood Sex Abuse Victims Sue; 9,000 Went To Court

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 file photo, attorney Jeff Anderson, left, points to a chart of sexual abuse perpetrators during a news conference in New York, accompanied by sexual abuse victims Birdie Farrell, center, and Joseph Carramano. In New York on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, the window closes for filing of civil lawsuits in order to allow victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue churches, hospitals, schools, camps, scout groups and other institutions and people they hold responsible for enabling pedophiles or turning a blind eye to wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
ALBANY (AP) — For two years, New York temporarily set aside its usual time limit on civil lawsuits in order to allow victims of childhood…