Category Archive for : ‘REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS GENERAL’

Suffolk officials announced Friday a plan they say will create an omnipresence of police officers in the Mastic-Shirley area to shield students from attacks and discourage registered sex offenders from approaching children.  The plan, drafted at the request of Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy after a series of disturbing incidents near schools, includes more cops on foot around schools, increased use of surveillance cameras, and police visits to registered sex offenders.  There is no proof that sex offenders are responsible for any of the crimes but Levy said the county’s

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Long-standing concerns about the number of sex offenders in the Mastic area surfaced amongparents, civic leaders and school officials yesterday, one day after a William Floyd High Schoolstudent was sexually assaulted less than three blocks from school. The attack, the second in oneweek, prompted fresh worries and a more urgent dialogue from some community members about how toensure the safety of children beyond school bounds in a district where dozens of registered sexoffenders reside. At least 85 registered sex offenders live in the district, which comprisesMastic, Mastic Beach, Moriches

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

Suffolk’s sex offenders will not be allowed into the county’s emergency shelters if a big storm or other disaster hits Long Island, once a bill legislators approved yesterday becomes law.  The bill, sponsored by Legis. Kate Browning (WF-Shirley), requires the county to establish separate housing quarters for sex offenders for used in case of an emergency of natural disaster.  Sex offenders would be required to alert the shelter’s manager to their status.  

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Having moved to Shirley in 2005, former Hampton Bays resident Nancy Peters said she was both surprised and disturbed about the number of convicted sex offenders moving into her neck of the woods.  She’s not alone in her concerns about these sex offender clusters, which are popping up throughout Suffolk County according to figures from the New York State Sex Offender Registry.  Wherever there are rentals or low-cost housing, you’re going to find a higher number of sex offenders, said Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan’s Law.  If

Acting on a suggestion by Parents for Megan’s Law, a Suffolk taxicab service has announced it will attach decals to the passenger side doors of its vehicles to inform riders that its drivers are not registered sex offenders.  Lindy’s Transportation, a taxicab company based in Islandia has agreed to conduct background checks on its drivers to ensure that they are not listed on New York State’s sex offender registry.  The move is a voluntary program coordinated by Stony Brook-based Parents for Megan’s Law.  A cab driver should not be a