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Why Sexual Assault Survivors Are Calling on Cy Vance to Resign
Marissa Hoechstetter, survivor, former patient of Robert Hadden, and founder of Reform the Sex Crimes Unit, talks about why sexual assault survivors are pushing for the resignation of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr., claiming he has shown a pattern of going easy on perpetrators when they happen to be New York's richest and most powerful.