Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday called on New York State lawmakers to support victims of sex-trafficking by doing away with the limit on how many years they have to come forward about the abuse.

Bragg, joined by state Sen. Cordell Cleare and Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz (D-Bronx), said that the five-year statute of limitations on such crimes also handcuffs prosecutors’ ability to bring justice to survivors.

“Enough is enough,” he said at a press conference in Lower Manhattan.

The DA added that it makes “no sense” that sex-trafficking cases are constrained by a statute of limitations, when there is no such restriction for rape or other serious sex crimes.

Other recent legislation — like the Adults Survivors Act, which expired last year — gave survivors time to report and come forward, he said.

Under the Adult Survivors Act, signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul in 2022, victims 18 and older were allowed to bring claims of sex assault and abuse to civil court regardless of when the crime occurred.

“Sex trafficking, human trafficking is a crime that lasts far beyond five years. The scars and the damages last a lifetime,” Cleare said.

State Senate Bill 349-B, sponsored by Cleare, would extend the statute of limitations of actions related to certain sex-trafficking offenses beyond five years.

In 2018, state lawmakers passed a sex-trafficking bill that would punish anyone over the age of 21 who intentionally promoted or profited from the prostitution of minors.

Those who offended were hit with a felony sex trafficking charge, which carries a sentence of up to 25 years in prison.

Dinowitz said that while the bill hasn’t gotten into the Assembly in the past, he’s made it his goal to make sure that happens this year.

“It gives the [district attorneys] the ability to go after people who have committed some of the most heinous crimes,” he said. “It’s shocking that right now they can’t do that.”

Dinowitz said he’s confident that the bill could be passed and signed into law this year.