Notifying LI residents of sex offenders

LONG ISLAND State Senators Jeff Klein, Brian Foley and Craig Johnson are urging Governor Paterson to sign legislation that would create a statewide e-mail alert system concerning sex offenders.

Residents would receive an alert every time a sex offender moves into their zip code.

More than 400 registered sex offenders live in Nassau County, district 7 and Suffolk County, district 3 combined.

Currently there are 251 known sex offenders residing in Suffolk County District 3 and 149 living in Nassau County District 7.

The top ten zip codes for District 3 are as follows:

  • 11717 (70 registered sex offenders)
  • 11722 (46 registered sex offenders)
  • 11951 (32 registered sex offenders)
  • 11772 (29 registered sex offenders)
  • 11967 (29 registered sex offenders)
  • 11779 (22 registered sex offenders)
  • 11763 (15 registered sex offenders)
  • 11713 (8 registered sex offenders)
  • 11741 (6 registered sex offenders)
  • 11788 (6 registered sex offenders)
  • 11730 (5 registered sex offenders).
    The top ten zip codes for District 7 are as follows:
  • 11590 (25 registered sex offenders)
  • 11003 (17 registered sex offenders)
  • 11554 (14 registered sex offenders)
  • 11580 (13 registered sex offenders)
  • 11801 (12 registered sex offenders)
  • 11552 (11 registered sex offenders)
  • 11501 (10 registered sex offenders)
  • 11570 (7 registered sex offenders)
  • 11040 (6 registered sex offenders).


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