Category Archive for : ‘LOCAL SUFFOLK COUNTY’

South Shore Press

At the March 23 Meeting of the General Legislature, Legislator Jack Eddington, Chair ofPublic Safety, was joined by all of his fellow legislators to pass his bill to require homeless sexoffenders to wear GPS tracking devices.  The new law will ensure that all homeless registeredsex offenders who are placed into temporary housing by Suffolk County Department of Social Serviceswill wear a GPS ankle bracelet for the duration of their stay in temporary housing.
(New York)

The Long Island Advance/Suffolk County Legislator Jack Eddington

According to Parents for Megan’s Law, the average sexual offender is 31 years old,white and male. Lessthan half (about 42 percent) report having never been married. Roughly the same percentages(35 to 40percent) are repeat offenders. Furthermore, fully 93 percent of sexual assault victims knowtheirattacker as either family members oracquaintances. That means that only seven percent of sexual predators are actual strangers, afact that atfirst glance would appear to be good news, but not really. In all, the statistics areunsettling,especially when you consider that

Newsday.com/Rick Brand

The Suffolk Legislature approved a local bill barring sex offenders from livingwithin a quarter-mile of their victims, in an effort to spare victims of the trauma of facing theirpredators.  The measure passed unanimously Tuesday but some legislators questioned how the lawwould work since offenders may not know where their victims live.  The law, however, would notaffect the offenders who already may live near a victim.  Suffolk County Executive Steve Levystill has to sign the bill before it becomes law.  Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parentsfor Megan’s Law and the

Newsday

Senator Charles Schumer today joins Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), possible candidate for theGillibrand seat, in Stony Brook to unveil new legislation aimed at helping the National Parents forMegan’s Law Center combat sex abuse.
(New York)

The South Huntington town web site’s sex offender locator map was used to smoke out six level 2 and level 3 sexual predators living in sensitive areas, a zone where sex offenders are restricted from living.  The sex offender legislation passed by the town last year prohibits level 2 and 3 sex offenders from living within 1,320 feet of a school, park, day care center, playground or day camp, churches, synagogues and mosques.

(New York)

In a move that prompted one legislator to warn that it could give the public a false sense of security, the county Legislature recently passed a bill stating that sex offenders are not welcome in general emergency shelters.  The legislation passed by a vote of 17-0, with one abstention.  The resolution, introduced by Legislator Kate Browning (WF-Shirley), would require registered sex offenders, when entering an emergency shelter, to notify a shelter manager, a shelter employee, or a shelter volunteer of their sex offender status.  to make sure they still have