The 'Lookback Window' Opens

Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou, D-Manhattan, center, is hugged after she talked about the sexual abuse she experienced as a child. The Child Victims Act passed the N.Y. Assembly on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019.

Mara Silvers, WNYC's All Things Considered producer, talks about the expected flood of lawsuits as the Child Victims Act goes into effect on August 14 with its one-year "lookback window" extending the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse.