New York City could soon be on the hook for hundreds of millions in damages after lawmakers passed a bill this week allowing previously tossed sexual abuse lawsuits against the city to move forward.

The suits had been filed during a two-year lookback window created by a 2022 City Council law that allowed survivors to sue under the Gender-Motivated Violence Act, regardless of the statute of limitations.

But a Bronx judge threw out hundreds of those cases over the summer, ruling the legislation was too vague.

The bill the Council passed on Tuesday creates a new 18-month window for survivors to file suits once it is enacted. It also clarifies that plaintiffs can sue institutions, not just individuals, for incidents that occurred before the 2022 amendment, which was a legal sticking point

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