Suffolk lawmakers say they had insufficient data on sex offender shelters
Photo credit: Randee Daddona | A sex offender trailer is located on the property of the county sheriff's impound and police academy in Westhampton. (March 11, 2013)
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Suffolk lawmakers said Friday that they lacked key information on available county shelter space before approving a plan to relocate about 40 homeless male sex offenders.
An emergency law passed Feb. 5 calls for no more than one offender to be placed at each shelter for single residents. Newsday reported Friday that the county has only four shelters for single men and six that house both males...
