Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring appeared at the New York State Capitol on Monday, testifying before the NYS Senate Codes Committee meeting. They told their stories, while advocating for the passage of legislation they saw would strengthen accountability and the timing in which an individual is able to report a crime.

The bill passed committee, and Sponsor Zellnor Myrie says he's hopeful it's proposed in the Assembly and passes the legislature before the end of the 2026 session.

**'The Trafficking Survivor Recovery and Accountability**  
**Act is an act to:**

Amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes of benefiting from a sex trafficking venture and aggravated benefiting from a sex trafficking venture.

Amend the social services law, in relation to establishing a right of action for victims of benefiting from a sex trafficking venture;

Amend the civil practice law and rules and the judiciary law, in relation to reviving such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations, granting trial preference to such actions, and directing the chief administrator of the courts to promulgate rules for the timely adjudication of certain revived actions'

It joined two other bills in the package:

S.4406 (May), allowing the use of closed-closed-circuit television for vulnerable sexual assault witnesses;

S.6460-A (Cleare), establishing the crimes of sex trafficking of a vulnerable person and predatory sex tratticking.

Epstein survivors Lara Blume McGee and Carine de Silva spoke at the New York State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. on Monday, May 4, 2026.