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New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing to close a legal loophole that shields sexual assault perpetrators when victims were intoxicated at the time of the assault, prompted by a high-profile case at Cornell University.
- Current New York law makes it difficult to prosecute sexual assault cases where the victim willingly consumed drugs or alcohol before the assault occurred
- The push follows a specific assault case at Cornell that exposed the gap in state law
- Hochul has committed to legislative action to address this prosecutorial obstacle