State lawmakers took a pass last week on extending a one-year legal window that allowed survivors of child sex abuse to sue over decades-old allegations. 

The Child Victims Act, enacted last year, opened up the time frame for victims of child sexual abuse to file lawsuits over claims that were previously barred from court due to the statute of limitations.

The legal window is set to close in August, but New York's court system is no longer accepting CVA lawsuits under new restrictions spurred by the deadly coronavirus pandemic. The state's court system has postponed all "nonessential" services and the CVA lawsuits were not listed as essential under an order from Lawrence Marks, the state's chief administrative judge.