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NY: Couple raises concerns about 5 sex offenders living in nearby home

·August 9, 2018
·27 Comments

[news12.com - 8/4/18] SHIRLEY - A Shirley couple says five sex offenders are living together in their community nearly 80 feet from their home. Jennifer and Thomas Gritz, who have…

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NY: Critics say pardons will give sex offenders access to schools

·July 25, 2018
·13 Comments

[timesunion.com - 7/24/18] ALBANY — Schools are generally off-limits for sex offenders, but not when it comes times to vote. A carveout in the state's criminal trespass laws allows sex…

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NY: Ortt criticizes Cuomo’s parolee voting plan – does not bar sex offenders from entering schools to vote

·June 21, 2018
·1 Comment

[niagara-gazette.com - 6/20/18] The restoration of voting rights for more than 24,000 paroled felons has triggered concerns that dangerous sex offenders will be entering schools to cast their ballots on…

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NY: Legislation forbids bus stops near sex offender homes

·June 16, 2018
·23 Comments

To protect the safety of young children, the New York State Senate has passed legislation prohibiting the placement of school bus stops in front of the home of registered sex…

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NY: Sex Offender With Secret Facebook Wins Appeal

·May 31, 2018
·28 Comments

A New York appeals court dismissed the indictment Thursday of a one-legged sex offender who did not register his Facebook account with the state. Full Article Decision

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NY: ‘We Just Want Our Community Back:’ Long Islanders Upset Over ‘Clustering’ Of Ex-Cons In Residential Neighborhoods

·May 22, 2018
·6 Comments

[newyork.cbslocal.com 5/21/18] GORDON HEIGHTS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Just how much can one community take? There are multiple neighborhoods in New York where the state has clustered paroled ex-cons, and innocent…

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NY: A Jury Rejected the Charges, but He Still Has to Register As a Sex Offender for Life

·May 1, 2018
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[reason.com 4/30/18] New York's highest court says accusations can be considered for registration purposes even when the defendant was acquitted. In New York a defendant can be forced to register…

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NY: Prosecutors Aren’t Just Enforcing the Law — They’re Making It

·April 21, 2018
·4 Comments

[injusticetoday.com 4/20/18] Just a few months ago, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo seemed sure that criminal justice reform was imminent. During his annual State of the State address in January,…

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NY: Congress passes bill giving NY youth groups access to FBI sex offender database

·March 27, 2018
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[syracuse.com] WASHINGTON -- Sex offenders who move to New York state will no longer be able to exploit an FBI loophole when they apply for jobs at summer camps and…

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NY: Gov. Cuomo’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Plan to Protect Your Kids

·March 19, 2018
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently unveiled a legislative proposal packaged as part of a budget amendment to expand already onerous residency and presence restrictions for some sex offenders in New York. Full…

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NY: State police: Sex offender’s death accidental at Central New York Psychiatric Center

·March 17, 2018
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[lohud.com] State police have ruled that a sex offender’s death inside Central New York Psychiatric Center in Marcy was accidental. Investigators determined Philip Barbato, 47, accidentally hanged himself with string…

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NY: Bills re-instate residency/ proximity laws, Shelter Bans and end Statutes of Limitations

·March 15, 2018
·1 Comment

[once-fallen.blogspot] Read comments by once-fallen.blogspot Read NY Assembly Bill A9505C Read NY Senate Bill S7505B

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NY: Outdated Ideas About Violent Crime Hurt Victims and Trap Offenders

·March 13, 2018
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[citylimits.org] On August 21st, 1979, two girls aged 17 and 21 entered Rose and Louis Feit’s apartment in Flatbush, Brooklyn and demanded money. Rose refused, so the girls grabbed a…

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NY: Sex offender awareness advisory board being pursued in Falls

·February 26, 2018
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A pair of city lawmakers say a continuing pattern of concerned inquiries from residents regarding the presence of pedophiles and other sexual offenders in city neighborhoods has pushed them to…

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NY: Governor Cuomo Announces 30-Day Budget Amendment to Protect New York’s Children from Sex Offenders

·February 16, 2018
·10 Comments

[governor.ny.gov] Action Will Prohibit Level 2 and 3 Sex Offenders From Being Within 1,000 Feet of Kindergarten and Pre-K Schools. Ban Sex Offenders From Staying in Temporary Emergency Housing or…

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NY: “All Sex Offender Registries Should Be Abolished”: Reason/Soho Forum Debate

·February 9, 2018
·30 Comments

[narsol.org] That’s the highly controversial resolution that will be argued at the next Soho Forum/Reason debate, on Monday, February 12 at New York’s Subculture Theater from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.…

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NY: Death, assaults and sex offenses: Life behind Central New York Psychiatric Center’s walls

·February 7, 2018
·2 Comments

[lohud.com] A New York State psychiatric center operated illegally with impunity while two dead bodies, 40 assaults and 25 sex offenses triggered police responses behind its walls from 2012 to…

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NY: Justice Department probes state’s civil confinement of sex offenders

·January 8, 2018
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The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division is examining New York’s controversial system of civil confinement for sex offenders. The probe was revealed when an attorney with the Justice…

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