N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 213-b: Action by a victim of a criminal offense

§ 213-b. Action by a victim of a criminal offense. Notwithstanding any

other limitation set forth in this article or in article five of the

estates, powers and trusts law, an action by a crime victim, or the

representative of a crime victim, as defined in subdivision six of

section six hundred twenty-one of the executive law, may be commenced to

recover damages from a defendant: (1) convicted of a crime which is the

subject of such action, for any injury or loss resulting therefrom

within seven years of the date of the crime or (2) convicted of a

specified crime as defined in paragraph (e) of subdivision one of

section six hundred thirty-two-a of the executive law which is the

subject of such action for any injury or loss resulting therefrom within

ten years of the date the defendant was convicted of such specified

crime.