Governor Cuomo proposes hospitals store rape kits for more than 30 days

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s a new effort to help protect rape victims — keeping rape kits in storage longer. New legislation by Governor Andrew Cuomo would change the amount of time hospitals keep the kits.
“If a victim was to go to the hospital and doesn’t want to cooperate with police at that time, the hospital doesn’t necessarily turn over that rape kit to a local police department,” said Captain Jeff Rinaldo, with Buffalo Police.
Captain Jeff Rinaldo