06
February
SUFFOLK SEX OFFENDERS TOUGHER TRACKING (Legislators to shut trailers, order new checks by police)
Newsday/Paul Larocco Last night the Suffolk Legislature passed an emergency bill that supporters said will end ayearslong debate about where to house homeless sex offenders while creating the toughestmonitoring and enforcement program in the nation. The bill intensifies monitoring of thecounty’s 1,016 registered sex offenders and will close down trailers on the East End. Thehomeless sex offenders will be dispersed to county homeless shelters throughout Suffolk but willnot be housed with families. Upon enactment of this law, no one will have a strongerapproach than Suffolk County, said Laura Ahearn, executive