state senator alessandra biaggi

talkor alessandra biaggi, about what drove you to push h r this law. your own experience and what you hope happens with this now. i mean, hundreds of lawsuits have been filed since yesterday. >> that fact alone is just remarkable and shows you what is possible when he asked to do fight for the things you know are right and what the law can do. this law is something i campaigned on. it is something that is personal to me. my childhood sexual l abuse survivor.

amy: that's new york state senator biaggi.facing her vote for this really revolutionary law that's been -- has been passed in the legislature. signed off on. has gone into effect as of yesterday. tell us about what it felt like to describe your own experience, both of you did, and what happened in this legislature both senate where you are, and n the house? did you coordinate this? >> we did not coordinate it. it felt very liberating, but also very sad. i think that every time that i speak about it, it makes me angry -- less angry each time. i think there is an underestimation how much child sexual abuse affects a life. i know from the rest of my life i am on this earth, this will be something that affects the way i interact with others. my relationships, the way i think and feel about myself. there are issues of self-worth and confidence. i think if you are looking at me and where i am right now, you are looking at the video thinking how could she possibly be worried about confidence? it's real. it's a very real thing. you li

talkor alessandra biaggi, about what drove you to push h r this law.r own experience and what you hope happens with this now. i mean, hundreds of lawsuits have been filed since yesterday. >> that fact alone is just remarkable and shows you what is possible when he asked to do fight for the things you know are right and what the law can do. this law is something i campaigned on. it is something that is personal to me. my childhood sexual l abuse survivor. i spoke e about it briefly my campaiaign video but hadn't reay spoken out as publicly as i did when i stood on the floor of the new york state senate in support of the bill. one of the most important reasons why i spoke up about it is because silence and shame are surrounded by abuse. in the trauma that it in flex upon individuals in the loneliness and the darkness that can really and capture your entire beating -- being if you stay silent is something a was done with. i am 33 years old today. i was 31 years old when i spoke out against what had happened to me. in a really did think i was going to go t