The law is ex post facto which is completely unconstitutional.
If they want to have a law saying that from now on any sex crimes do not fall under statute of limitations they can do that. It is stupid but they can do it. But they can not just say things that fell under the old laws are now viable again.
One interesting precedent was the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis back in 2007. In the aftermath of that incident, the Minnesota legislature retroactively changed the statute of limitations to allow victims to sue the engineering firm that designed the bridge decades earlier. It was an fascinating case because the defendant wasn’t even the original company but a giant conglomerate that had acquired it years before 2007.
In that case, the court specifically said that it didn’t think it was a good idea for a legislature to retroactively change a statute of limitations like that, but it did rule that it was legal for the state government to do so. The court’s rationale was that a statute of limitations (by definition) is a legitimate act of a state government, so a modification of it would be, too.
didnt the cuomo allegations and supposed assault happen during his term?
Sure they can. They've been doing it for years, to go after religious organizations for the alleged misdeed of dead men. You didn't notice?