By: Nick Reisman, Spectrum News 1
Changes to New York’s victims’ compensation law as well as a proposed overhaul of parole are being backed by a founder of the MeToo movement, advocates announced this week.
The proposals, part of an end-of-session push by Democratic state lawmakers and criminal justice advocates, are being supported by Tarana Burke, an activist who started the MeToo movement to aid survivors and victims of sexual assault.