{"id":3039,"date":"2025-12-24T21:20:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T02:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=3039"},"modified":"2025-12-24T21:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T02:20:48","slug":"statement-from-new-york-city-council-on-mayor-adams-veto-of-legislation-that-allows-survivors-of-gender-motivated-sexual-violence-to-seek-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2025\/12\/24\/3039\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from New York City Council on Mayor Adams\u2019 Veto of Legislation That Allows Survivors of Gender-Motivated &amp; Sexual Violence to Seek Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bill was passed by the City Council in November with a veto-proof majority<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In response to Mayor Adams\u2019 Christmas Eve <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/12\/SKM_450i25122414550.pdf.pdf\"><em>veto<\/em><\/a><em> of a bill to help victims of gender-motivated violence seek accountability (Introduction 1297-A), the <strong>New York City Council issued the following statement from spokesperson Julia Agos<\/strong>:&nbsp; <\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor Adams has chosen to use his final days in office to attempt to deny survivors of sexual and gender-motivated violence the opportunity to hold their abusers accountable. There is no excuse for allowing those responsible for violent abuses to escape accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On background:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The mayor&#8217;s veto message must be received at the Council&#8217;s next Stated Meeting, which is scheduled for January. Once the veto is received at that meeting, the clock for the 30-day deadline to override the veto will begin.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7411818&amp;GUID=B01473E5-9E7F-4D9D-8845-65C340D67F23&amp;Options=ID%7cText%7c&amp;Search=1297\">Introduction 1297-A<\/a>, sponsored by Majority Whip Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, would create a civil cause of action for crimes of violence motivated by gender that occurred prior to January 9, 2022. Any person claiming to be injured by a party who commits, directs, enables, participates, or conspires in the commission of a crime of violence motivated by gender may bring a civil claim against that party. The claims brought under this law must commence within 18 months of the effective date of the local law. Any person who brought a claim between March 1, 2023, and March 1, 2025, that meets the requirements of a cause of action under this law may amend or refile their claim to add a cause of action under this section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bill was passed by the City Council in November with a veto-proof majority<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In response to Mayor Adams\u2019 Christmas Eve <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/12\/SKM_450i25122414550.pdf.pdf\"><em>veto<\/em><\/a><em> of a bill to help victims of gender-motivated violence seek accountability (Introduction 1297-A), the <strong>New York City Council issued the following statement from spokesperson Julia Agos<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2025\/12\/24\/3039\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}