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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Sep 3, 2014, 01:49 PM Sep 2014

Teachout endorses Paula's Law

By ROGER HANNIGAN GILSON

Zephyr Teachout, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's chief challenger in the Democratic primary, has thrown her support behind a bill that would require cameras to be installed on the entrances and exits of all facilities run by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

The bill (S.2000-a/A.1715) was named Paula's Law after Paula Liblick, a 61-year-old with developmental disabilities who was raped at a Hudson Valley OPWDD-run facility in 2009. Liblick was incapable of alerting anyone to the assault, and the crime was only discovered after bruises and blood were found several days later during an examination.

Liblick died in April of 2011 from strongyloides, a sexually-transmitted parasite native to the Caribbean, which is believed to be a result of the rape.

http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2014-09-03-89072.113122-Teachout-endorses-Paulas-Law.html

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