N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 213-c: Action by victim of conduct constituting certain sexual offenses

§ 213-c. Action by victim of conduct constituting certain sexual

offenses. Notwithstanding any other limitation set forth in this

article, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section two hundred

eight of this article, all civil claims or causes of action brought by

any person for physical, psychological or other injury or condition

suffered by such person as a result of conduct which would constitute

rape in the first degree as defined in section 130.35 of the penal law,

or rape in the second degree as defined in subdivision four, five or six

of section 130.30 of the penal law, or rape in the second degree as

defined in former subdivision two of section 130.30 of the penal law, or

rape in the third degree as defined in subdivision one, two, three,

seven, eight or nine of section 130.25 of the penal law, or a crime

formerly defined in section 130.50 of the penal law, or a crime formerly

defined in subdivision two of section 130.45 of the penal law, or a

crime formerly defined in subdivision one or three of section 130.40 of

the penal law, or incest in the first degree as defined in section

255.27 of the penal law, or incest in the second degree as defined in

section 255.26 of the penal law (where the crime committed is rape in

the second degree as defined in subdivision four, five or six of section

130.30 of the penal law, or rape in the second degree as formerly

defined in subdivision two of section 130.30 of the penal law, or a

crime formerly defined in subdivision two of section 130.45 of the penal

law), or aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree as defined in

section 130.70 of the penal law, or course of sexual conduct against a

child in the first degree as defined in section 130.75 of the penal law

may be brought against any party whose intentional or negligent acts or

omissions are alleged to have resulted in the commission of the said

conduct, within twenty years. Nothing in this section shall be construed

to require that a criminal charge be brought or a criminal conviction be

obtained as a condition of bringing a civil cause of action or receiving

a civil judgment pursuant to this section or be construed to require

that any of the rules governing a criminal proceeding be applicable to

any such civil action.