Long Island Lawmakers Propose GPS for Sex Offenders

Long Island lawmakers want high-level sex offenders to wear a GPS monitor while on probation.
A proposal by Nassau County legislators David Denenberg and Joseph Scannell also would prohibit convicted sex criminals from living within 2,000 feet of their victim’s home or workplace.
Nassau already bans sex offenders from living near schools or parks.
The residency and monitoring [...]

Politicians Call for Sex Offender E-mail Alert System

Three state senators called on Gov. David A. Paterson to sign into law a bill that would create a statewide e-mail alert program notifying people when a convicted sex offender moves into a neighborhood.
But the executive director of Parents for Megan’s Law – a Stony Brook-based nonprofit group that provides the same service and [...]