New York State Insider: [MEDIA ADVISORY] SENATOR ALESSANDRA BIAGGI AND ADVOCATES HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE CALLING FOR LEGISLATION TO CLOSE VOLUNTARY INTOXICATION LOOPHOLE.

 

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

SENATOR BIAGGI AND ADVOCATES HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE CALLING FOR LEGISLATION TO CLOSE VOLUNTARY INTOXICATION LOOPHOLE.

ALBANY, NY – Today, bill sponsor State Senator Alessandra Biaggi will join Safe Horizon, Community for a Cause, National Organization for Women NY, survivors, and legislators to call for the Senate and Assembly to pass legislation to close the voluntary intoxication loophole. 

Current law treats victims of sex crimes differently in cases where the victim voluntarily consumed alcohol or drugs to the point of intoxication versus a victim who became involuntary intoxicated due to the actions of someone else. The penal law, in its definition of mental incapacitation, only recognizes cases where a substance is administered involuntarily, like being roofied. S452A/A5519A updates the penal code to protect all survivors of rape regardless of how they became intoxicaed.  

WHEN: (TODAY) Wednesday, June 9th, 2021 at 11am ET

WHERE: West Capitol Park - Outside Albany Capitol Building

WHO: State Senator Alessandra Biaggi, Safe Horizon, National Organization for Women NY, Community for a Cause, and legislators.

WHAT: Press conference with legislators and advocates calling for legislation to close the voluntary intoxication loophole in New York State law.