Of those 110, 40 percent live in public housing buildings in Brooklyn. The account found there's at least one sex offender in 81 developments citywide. That's one out of every four.

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New York City Council holds hearing on Fair Chance for Housing Act, ... the legislation would not ban landlords from using the New York Sex Offender Registry or apply to two-family homes.

The DOJ released surveillance footage showing that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in his cell at the Metropolitan ...

New York State Sex Offender Registry photos of Thomas Johnson, of Brooklyn, from March 14, 2018; Feb. 3, 2016; and July 1, 2014, from left to right.

Advocates charge that New York’s restrictions for sex-offense registrants are “vague, expansive, and unnecessary.” On Tuesday, they filed a federal lawsuit to strike them down.

In a 4-3 ruling, opens new tab, the New York Court of Appeals said the law can be applied to sex offenders convicted prior to 2005, when state lawmakers made several amendments broadening its scope.