"Nixzmary's Law" was proposed in January 2006 by New York State senator Joseph Bruno, shortly after the events. The law is designed to deter or prevent child abuse related crimes by charging parents connected to the crime of the death of their children with first degree murder, the maximum punishment for which in New York State would be 25 years to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Since passing of the law, reports have increased to New York States' child abuse hotline. According to the article, "Driving the trend is increased public awareness of the hotline . . .". The article further provided the telephone number of New York's Central Register of Child Abuse and Mistreatment as (800) 342-3720.
Legislation in the form of a Bill sent to New York Governor Paterson has been approved by the state’s Senate to target those individuals who have killed a child, especially in a “cruel and wanton manner”.
One of the legislators, Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., a Democrat from the Bronx, has said:
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- "We have to send a message that this kind of abuse of children has to stop."
The Daily News article said that the murder case was a “shakeup of the city's Administration for Children's Services”.
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