Email Updates On Sex Offenders Proposed
State Sen. Jeff Klein, D-Bronx, and Assemblyman Rory Lancman, D-Queens, today called on the state to adopt a two-year-old proposal to require the state to alert parents and neighbors by email when a sex offender moves into their zip code.
The Democratic lawmakers say that New York City has an average of 14.9 moderate and high-risk sex offenders live in each zip code. Of the 3,260 known sex offenders residing in New York City, 133 live in Staten Island, 683 live in Brooklyn, 232 live in Manhattan, 531 live in the Bronx, and 204 in Queens.
The most—104 sex offenders—live in the 11207 zip code, which in Brooklyn’s East New York section.
In Westchester, the zip code 10701 in Yonkers has the most—44 offenders, followed by 34 in 10550 in Mount Vernon. In Westchester, an average of 2.8 level 2 and 3 sex offenders reside in each zip code, according to a report released by the lawmakers.
SOURCE: LoHudBlogs.com
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