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QUEENS WEEKLY, MARCH 10, 2019
Bayside lawmaker’s revenge porn bill becomes law
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BY MARK HALLUM
The state legislature
and Gov. Andrew Cuomo
have finally approved a
Bayside lawmaker’s bill
that has failed in the senate
repeatedly in New York
to make revenge porn a
prosecutable offense.
State Assemblyman
Edward Braunstein has
pushed for the bill’s passage
for up to six years,
which could not only put
an offender away for up to a
year but would also grants
courts the authority to order
content related to the
victim to be removed from
various websites.
Braunstein has introduced
the bill every year
since 2014, which passed
the assembly unanimously
last year. But the senate,
a Republican majority
at the time, did not
even bring it to the floor
after alleged pressure
from the Internet Association
and Google, a spokesman
for the Bayside
assemblyman said.
“Revenge porn is a
pervasive problem that
often results in victims
being threatened with
sexual assault, stalked,
harassed, or fired from
jobs,” Braunstein said.
“Some victims have even
committed suicide due to
the severe emotional pain
caused by the disclosure
of their intimate photos.
The passage of this legislation
sends a strong
message that individuals
who engage in this type
of reprehensible behavior
will be held accountable
for their actions.”
Both houses of the legislature
voted on Feb. 28
in favor of the bill, which
Cuomo called a key component
in his administration’s
Women’s Agenda.
“For years I have
called for outlawing
revenge porn as part
of our fight to combat
sexual violence in all its
forms. This disgusting
and insidious behavior,
which can follow victims
around their entire
lives, has no place in New
York,” Cuomo said in a
statement. “We will never
stop fighting to protect
and strengthen women’s
rights and opportunity.”
Once the bill is signed
into law, perpetrators
could face up to a year in
prison as well as fines and
other civil penalties while
the courts would have the
authority to order websites
to removed images
violating the rights of victims,
which Braunstein
says makes New York the
first state to do this.
“No one — absolutely
no one — should be subjected
to having their most
intimate moments blasted
across the internet without
their consent,” said
Assembly Speaker Carl
Heastie. “Today’s legislation
will ensure that people
who illegally publish
the intimate images of
others are held accountable
for their reprehensible
actions.”
Carrie Goldberg, an
attorney and advisory
board member at the Cyber
Civil Rights Initiative,
said she first started
pursuing support for
legislation regarding revenge
porn when she herself
had nearly become a
victim herself
“This law puts sexual
privacy where it belongs
– in the hands of New
Yorkers,” said Goldberg.
“I started my firm in 2014
to fight for victims of sexual
assault and stalking
because I couldn’t find a
lawyer when I was under
attack by a vengeful ex
threatening to spread pictures
of me. And over the
last five years, hundreds
of New Yorkers have
sought our help when
they suffered the humiliation
and backlash from
their most private moments
being posted on the
internet and social media
for the world to see. Some
lost jobs; others were
blackmailed and stalked
by strangers.”
City Councilman Rory
Lancman passed the bill
at the city level which was
enacted in December 2017.
Both houses of the legislature voted on Feb. 28 in favor
of the bill, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo called a key
component in his administration’s Women’s Agenda.
Courtesy of Braunstein’s office
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