With only five percent of rapes among college women or nearly
5,000 reported cases to law enforcement, which leaves roughly 100,000 rape
cases undocumented. In Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address he mentioned
sexual assault among New York State Universities and in specifically SUNY
Campuses. “Enough is Enough” is a program that was implemented in all 64 SUNY
Campuses, which Cuomo wants to expand to all colleges.
This past Monday Governor Cuomo announced his Enough is Enough
policy at Syracuse University. This policy is being pushed from private colleges
by legislatures to make it even stricter. The new reform would require all
universities, both SUNY and private universities, to implement
uniform sexual assault prevention and response protocols, previously adopted by
the State University of New York. By supporting these new protocols, students
on college campuses would be encouraged and supported to stand up against
sexual assault
With these new colleges
joining the coalition, it brings new ideas to combat this ever-growing concern.
New York State wants to be the leading state to fight an issue that seems to be
plaguing the country. Pushing legislature to pass laws that does not let
violence go unnoticed or unpunished is a top priority for Governor Cuomo. With
eleven new private colleges joining this coalition, New York strives to be a
national front-runner against sexual assault. Visit the Enough
is Enough Website to learn how to get your college involved. Sign the
petition to stop sexual assault here.