Lawsuit Challenges New York's Child Abuse Registry

Lawsuit Challenges New York's Child Abuse Registry

A new lawsuit aims to address concerns regarding New York's child abuse registry hearings.

Dating back to 2003, up to 25,000 people on the registry had requested hearings. Those requests were backlogged for several years, and some were shredded. Attorney Thomas Hoffman says it still takes nearly one year to get a hearing, despite the fact that 50 to 75 percent of people are removed from the list after a hearing. He says child abusers should be made known to employers, but individual rights must also be protected.