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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
·44 Comments

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
·18 Comments

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
·19 Comments

[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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NY: People are using a new app to report sex assault anonymously

·September 24, 2018
·5 Comments

[nypost.com - 9/21/18] In the wake of #MeToo, more than 1,000 people have downloaded an app aimed at rooting out repeat sex offenders by allowing victims and witnesses to report…

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NY: Banished from New York City [audio]: The Legality, Policy Considerations, and Practical Implications of the Housing Restrictions Faced by People on the Sex Offender Registry

·September 22, 2018
·25 Comments

[nycbar.org - 9/11/18] In New York City, there are hundreds of men and women on the sex offender registry who are subject to the Sexual Assault Reform Act (SARA) residency…

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NY: Sex offender gets jail for not reporting social media password

·August 31, 2018
·55 Comments

A Level 1 sex offender from the Tuscarora Indian Reservation was sentenced Thursday to a year in the Niagara County Jail for not telling authorities one of his social media…

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NY: Educators, officials seek more housing limits on sex offenders

·August 24, 2018
·13 Comments

With classes across Long Island set to resume in the coming weeks, some Suffolk education leaders and elected officials are raising concerns that nearly two dozen of the highest-risk sex…

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

·August 9, 2018
·33 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
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[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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