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February
BELLONE PUSHES LAWMAKERS ON SEX OFFENDER BILL
Newsday/Paul Larocco
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is pressing lawmakers to act Tuesday on an emergencybill requiring more aggressive monitoring of the county’s 1,106 convicted sex offenders. Heplans to seek a certificate of necessity, which bypasses the committee process and publichearings that require advance notice. Suffolk police would contract with Parents for Megan’sLaw, a nonprofit that seeks to prevent child sexual abuse to step up enforcement of requirementsthat convicted sex offenders accurately register their current addresses with police. Bellonealso will close trailers on the East End that house 38 homeless