QUESTION:  the legal intricacies of these matters always go far beyond my knowledge base, so I must ask for some assistance from those more learned.  (1) What are the [realistic] chances that the State of NY is going to pass legislation in 2017 that extends or removes the statute of limitations for sexual abuse?  (2) If victims are allowed to sue, then would it yield greater compensation then what is being offered?  And (3) Legally, does it present as being the best a victim can get?
And one comment: regardless of how well crafted this settlement is and how self-serving it is for Cardinal Dolan and the institutional Church, the damage that man and others like him have done is not really an reward for those who profess a true belief in Christ.  You many well never be held legally accountable for what you have done - and continue to do - but each of them will have it to answer when they face God in judgment of their souls.  The sins of such bishops is incomprehensible.