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DISPERSING OFFENDERS (Brookhaven Town Board expected to enact law aimed at breaking up clusters of registered sex offenders living close to one another)
Newsday/Patrick Whittle
With proposed legislation that local officials and child protection advocates say would be afirst in the state, the Brookhaven Town Board is considering a landmark saturation statute thatwould impose tighter restrictions on registered sex offenders and, proponents say, help break upLong Island’s densest cluster of sex criminals. The legislation, which will be the subject ofa public hearing Tuesday, would make it illegal for more than two registered sex offenders to livein the same one-family dwelling. The proposal is designed to break up clusters of sexoffenders in communities such