Sen. Gillibrand sidesteps questions about Columbia man found not responsible of assault

Interview here. Excerpt:

'The individual that Sulkowicz has accused of sexual assault says that this is a defamation campaign against him because he hasn’t actually been found guilty of anything. What is your response to that?
This is an issue that campuses are struggling with across the whole country. If you listen to the survivors, this is an issue that hasn’t gone away. There is enormous prevalence. And survivors have a right to be heard and to be able to tell their stories and to be able to get justice and to have a reform in the system so that the incentives aren’t to shove this under the rug. Schools have no incentive to report these incidents of sexual assault and rape. The survey done by the Senate showed that 40 percent of schools had never reported any rapes. Obviously they are not reporting, and so we have to have an ability to flip the incentives to hold schools accountable and to incentivize them to not only report but to meet their Title IX requirements. We also have to be able to have online surveys where all students can report whether or not they feel safe in a confidential way and what has happened to them.

But is it okay for his name to be out in public if he hasn’t been formally charged?
My job is to talk about reforms and be able to talk about the stories of survivors. My job is to create legislation that reforms this issue across all schools and to make sure that it doesn’t happen to someone else.'