Attorneys Jerome Block and Madeleine Skaller of Levy Konigsberg have filed lawsuits on behalf of more than 420 men and women who were sexually abused by employees while they were incarcerated as children in juvenile detention centers in New York City

NEW YORK, Oct 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Levy Konigsberg has filed lawsuits on behalf of more sexual abuse survivors New York City Juvenile detention centers bring the total number of plaintiff-survivors in cases filed by the firm to more than 420. The lawsuits claim The New York Cityby various city agencies, failed to protect children from rampant sexual abuse by adult employees in juvenile correctional facilities across the United States Bronx And Brooklyn. These lawsuits are the latest in a series of youth abuse lawsuits led by Levy Konigsberg. The lawsuits involve childhood sexual abuse that occurred at all of the city’s major juvenile correctional facilities, including Spofford Juvenile Detention Center (also known as Bridges), Horizon Juvenile Center, Crossroads Juvenile Center and Rikers Island.

Levy Konigsberg LLP filed over 165 additional cases on Tuesday after filing over 250 similar cases earlier this year.

With hundreds of cases already filed, it is now clear that many of these survivors were victims of repeat offenders. The City of New York allowed these prolific offenders to sexually abuse children in the city’s care unabated for years. Natalie Medforda former Horizon employee allegedly having abused at least 13 of the survivors; Proceedings are currently pending. Also, Tony “Tyson” Simmons, a registered sex offender who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting several young girls New York City seven other survivors named juvenile detention centers. As these cases continue to be filed, a culture of secrecy has been discovered.

Despite widespread reports, investigations and campaigns to close or reform these juvenile detention centers, the City of New York has resulted in a culture of sexual abuse and brutality continuing unabated. The abuse suffered by these plaintiffs has spanned decades. Sexual abuse of children New York City The juvenile detention centers, including Crossroads and Horizon Juvenile Center, likely continue to exist today.

The lawsuits filed by Levy Konigsberg were filed under the recently amended law on the protection of victims of gender-based violence. The Act to Protect Victims of Gender-Based Violence, which came into force in 2000, provides victims of this type of sexual abuse with legal options to claim compensation from their perpetrators and the institutions that made the abuse possible. In 2022, the New York City Council passed a landmark law giving survivors a two-year look-back period during which they can file civil lawsuits against their abusers and the institutions that failed to protect them, even if years or decades have passed since the sexual abuse took place has. This lookback window is open until March 1, 2025and gives survivors a meaningful opportunity to seek justice.

Announcing the filing of the lawsuits on Tuesday, Jerome Block, partner at Levy Konigsberg, said:

“With over 400 cases of sexual abuse in New York City Although juvenile detention center approval has now been filed, we still have not heard anything substantive from Mayor Adams or the officials responsible for the city’s broken juvenile justice system. How many men and women whose lives have been destroyed must come forward before the city takes responsibility for the sex offenders in its ranks who have traumatized children? For decades, a culture of secrecy has enabled this institutionalized and widespread sexual abuse. Now the city and its agencies, including the Administration for Children Services (ACS) and the Department of Corrections, must be held accountable. The mayor and these agencies have done nothing to show support for these survivors and nothing to assure New Yorkers that the children in these juvenile facilities are safe today.”

Levy Konigsberg has filed hundreds of lawsuits on behalf of sexual abuse survivors nationwide and is at the forefront of litigation in New York. Maryland, New Jersey, Illinoisand other states.

Levy Konigsberg represents hundreds of survivors of child sexual abuse in New York City’s juvenile correctional facilities and plans to continue fighting tirelessly on their behalf.

More information about new York In light of the claims of sexual abuse in juvenile detention centers cited by Levy Konigsberg, media representatives and journalists are encouraged to contact attorney Jerome Block using the law firm’s contact form:

Media Contact: Attorney Jerome Block; [email protected]

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