Category Archive for : ‘RESIDENCY RESTRICTION LAWS’

Newsday/Denise M. Bonilla

Babylon officials has shelved plans for a law that would limit where sex offenders live intown after concern about a federal suit challenging Suffolk County sex offender residencyrestrictions.  Town leaders held off on a vote yesterday after a public hearing on theproposed law, which would make it unlawful for convicted Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders to livewithin a quarter-mile of a school, child day care center, day camp, park or playground. Offenders would have 30 days to comply or face a fine of up to $2,500

New York Law Journal

Residency restriction laws in Suffolk County that bar sex offenders from living nearschools, day care centers and areas frequented by children are on the brink of being struck down byEastern District Judge Joseph Bianco.  Bianco strongly suggested that he will follow the leadof a plethora of state court judges and hold that counties, towns and villages do not have theright to determine where sex offenders can and cannot live, in a March 30 decision.  Biancosaid he will exercise jurisdiction over a case, Moore v. County of

The South Shore Press

Cecile Forte, the Republican/Conservative candidate for Brookhaven Town Supervisor, assailedDemocratic elected officials, Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko and Councilwoman Connie Kepert, forfalling asleep on the job.  She stated that their lack of oversight and mismanagement hasforced obstacles in front of Brookhaven families by placing the lives of children at risk, doubledipping into the wallets of taxpayers and hitting residents with backdoor tax hikes after anon-for-profit, Parents for Megan’s Law, identified a house where allegedly 10 sex offenders wereresiding in violation of the Brookhaven town Code.
(New York)

newsday.com/Sid Cassese

Judge Valerie Alexander, a District Court judge of the First District Court in Hempstead,has ruled that Nassau County’s law barring convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet ofa school is invalid because it is inconsistent with state law.  Alexander said the state lawtakes precedence over Nassau.  State law requires that only registered sex offenders on paroleor probation be required to live beyond 1,000 feet of a school.  In Nassau’s law, there is nodistinction between sex offenders on parole or probation and those who are not.  In a

latimes.com/Maura Dolan

The California Supreme Court upheld residency restrictions for sex offenders Monday, rulingthat thousands may be barred from living near schools and parks even if their sex crimes werecommitted years before the restrictions became law.  The state high court’s 5-2 decisionpermits California to continue enforcing residency restrictions on thousands of sex offenders whowere paroled after Proposition 83, known as Jessica’s Law, took effect in November 2006. Four parolees challenged the residency rules, arguing that there was no place where they could liveand comply with the law in the cities to

timesreview.com

A public hearing will be held next month to discuss a proposed law that would limit thenumber of places where registered sex offenders can live in Riverhead Town.  If adopted, thelaw will prohibit registered sex offenders from living within a quarter mile of a school, day carecenter, library, day camp, park, beach or playground in an effort to limit their contact withchildren.  The public hearing is scheduled for  7:05pm on Wednesday, February 17 at TownHall.
(Riverhead, New York)