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NY: Sex offenders form PAC to try and gain political voice

·October 14, 2019
·18 Comments

[timesunion.com - 10/14/19] Voting blocs, where people support candidates on specific issues, have long played an outsized role in New York politics – from labor unions that focus on workplace…

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NY: Legislators OK revised animal-abuse registry

·September 19, 2019
·5 Comments

[romesentinel.com - 9/19/19] Oneida County legislators approved a law setting up a public registry of convicted animal abusers but only after tweaking it to make it less worrisome to farmers.…

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NY: Second Circuit Backs Home Checks for Sex Offenders

·September 4, 2019
·44 Comments

A Long Island sex offender who faced home visits from a private nonprofit contracted by his county did not endure an unconstitutional search, the Second Circuit affirmed Wednesday. Writing for…

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NY: Revised animal-abuser registry going to lawmakers

·August 20, 2019
·5 Comments

[romesentinel.com - 8/20/19] [This is a continuation of the story we reported here] A revised version of a local law on animal abuse in Oneida County would remove the proposed…

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NY: Cops Gave ____ A Pass While Making More Than 7,000 Arrests For Similar Offenses

·July 22, 2019
·21 Comments

The New York Police Department allowed wealthy financier and convicted sex offender ____ ____ to skip dozens of court-mandated check-ins with law enforcement for more than eight years before he…

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NY: NY Sex Offenders Don’t Have To Disclose Facebook Accounts To Law Enforcement, Court Says

·July 7, 2019
·18 Comments

[dailyvoice.com - 7/8/19] People convicted of sexual offenses in New York will not have to disclose their status and will be permitted to use their Facebook accounts provided they don’t…

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NY: Bill preventing minors from living under same roof as sex offenders awaits Cuomo’s OK

·June 23, 2019
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Minors will no longer be able to live under the same roof as sex offenders who have committed violent sexual crimes thanks to a bill from Island Assemblyman Charles Fall…

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NY: Social media accounts raise complexities for sex offender registry

·June 9, 2019
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The law that went on the books 24 years ago has had updates and spawned a number of requirements for sex offenders. One of them is that they must disclose…

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NY: Registered sex offender living at Newfane nursing facility

·June 6, 2019
·22 Comments

[wkbw.com - 6/6/19] 7 Eyewitness News has learned a registered sex offender is living at the Newfane Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. But he had been quietly living in a…

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NY: Anthony Weiner complained about sex offenders in district before scandal

·May 27, 2019
·23 Comments

[nypost.com - 5/27/19] Here’s another thing that gets a rise out of Anthony Weiner: other perverts. Long before the former Queens congressman earned himself a rap sheet for trading X-rated…

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NY: Animal-abuser registry plan advances in Oneida County

·May 4, 2019
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[romesentinel.com - 5/3/19] A plan to start a registry of convicted animal abusers in Oneida County advanced through a legislative committee this week but not without questions. The Board of…

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NY: Child porn convict living across from school, locked up in Ohio

·May 3, 2019
·2 Comments

[whec.com - 5/1/19] News10NBC is tracking the case of ________. We are trying to learn why a man who is a registered sex offender after a child porn conviction, was…

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NY: Petitioners seek to remove judge who gave bus driver probation for rape of 14-year-old

·May 2, 2019
·1 Comment

[wmbfnews.com - 5/1/19] A New York judge is facing outrage for ruling a former school bus driver did not have to go to jail after pleading guilty to raping a…

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NY: Despite Executive Order, Jamestown Public Schools Will Turn Away Registered Sex Offenders During Election

·April 17, 2019
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Governor Andrew Cuomo may have signed an executive order that gives voting rights to registered sex offenders, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be showing up and voting at Jamestown Public…

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NY: Gov. Cuomo Supports Banning Sex Offenders From Subway

·March 20, 2019
·129 Comments

You see all kinds of things on the subways, but if one New York City lawmaker has his way, repeat sex offenders won’t be among them. City Councilman Chaim Deutsch’s…

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NY: Statement on Landmark Appellate Decision Limiting the Reach of SORA Residency Restrictions

·February 22, 2019
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[legalaidnyc.org - 2/21/19] The Legal Aid Society applauded a ruling rendered today by the New York State Appellate Division – Third Department, rejecting the New York State Department of Correction…

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NY: Post-Release Placement of Sex Offenders Complicated by Residence Limits

·October 17, 2018
·3 Comments

The Court of Appeals heard arguments on Tuesday in a case brought by a sex offender who alleged the state did not do enough to help him find appropriate housing…

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NY: Senator Murphy questions State on placing sex offenders in homes for the developmentally disabled

·October 12, 2018
·10 Comments

[nysenate.gov - 10/11/18] Albany, NY - Being a sex offender carries with it the often well-earned reputation of being unable to mix with society. Even hardened criminals have expressed their…

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