NY: Cuomo plans to ban sex offenders from transit system

Repeat and high-risk sex offenders would be banned from the MTA tranist system under a new law proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The NYPD announced support for the ban when Cuomo suggested it in March of 2019. The ban would apply to offenders for three years and blocks them from the subway, bus and rail systems.

The Legal Aid Society delivered a rebuke to the plan.

“No one supports unwanted sexual touching on the subway, but this wrongheaded proposal from Governor Cuomo will do far more harm than good. It will further marginalize this group of New Yorkers – many of whom are New Yorkers of color – who are profiled by police when they use mass transit. It will sever their access to jobs, critical services, educational opportunities, and treatment programs. Albany should spend less time finding new ways to demonize our already over-policed clients and more time creating opportunities for treatment and necessary services. Finally, we question the constitutionality of this misguided proposal and we are prepared to challenge it in court should it become law.”

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SEE ALSO https://theappeal.org/new-york-subway-sex-offenders-ban/


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19 thoughts on “NY: Cuomo plans to ban sex offenders from transit system

  • January 10, 2020

    If any one can answer this question:

    How in the world would any one know that one is an SO, unless they run your ID before you go aboard. Which, you are not required by law to carry a DL or ID for that matter, so I don’t understand how any one would even find out that one is an SO.

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  • January 8, 2020

    Wow! I guess if this passes, Cum-mo will propose that “sex offenders” won’t be allowed to operate a motor vehicle.

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    • January 8, 2020

      Also, they will take away our money and we will have to carry dollar bills that say “Sex Offender” on them. They will only be worth 1/2 what a normal dollar is worth and can only be used in specific “Sex offender” stores run by the Department of Corrections.

      Not a far stretch for something like this to happen. Baby steps. They throw a new one at us every legislative session.
      I remember wayyyy back when the registries first started, there was a small town that every week they featured a few registered offenders that lived in the area in the paper.

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  • January 8, 2020

    Not worried. This won’t even stand a chance and will NOT pass the court systems, IF it was passed

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    • January 8, 2020

      Kinda agree on this assessment – though still something to worry about.

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      • January 8, 2020

        Sometimes bad stuff has to happen to us unfortunately for the courts to finally step in and say enough is enough. If people cannot get to work, they lose their job and things go down hill from there.

        If you cannot support your family, what can you do. If you cannot get to work, you are being held down and can not succeed.
        Bad enough it is almost impossible to find a place to live or get someone to hire you. Throw in not being able to get to work and………well you fill in the blanks.

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    • January 9, 2020

      I wish I could share your optimism. Unfortunately, bills do not have to “pass the court systems” before they become law. Considering the myriad of bizarre “sex offender” laws that have already passed in Floriduh and elsewhere, I would be surprised if this one doesn’t become law.

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  • January 8, 2020

    Remember they don’t even have to pass outlandish laws to get publicity. All they have to do is come up with them , they already have the public duped by all the lies and false propaganda, all they have to do now is throw more fuel on the fire by making the public think their a super hero by trying to pass unconstitutional ,outlandish laws that feed the idiot population that thrives on such garbage.

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