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NY - Mohawk board still mulling sex offender ordinance

View the article here06/10/2008Mohawk - The Mohawk Village Board of Trustees will continue to digest information before coming to a decision on whether to enact a sex offender ordinance.At the board?s May 26 meeting, a North Street neighborhood attended after they learned a level III sexual offender was planning to move to their street.Level III offenders are deemed high risk and must be registered with the sex offender registry for life according to the New York Sex Offender Registration Act.The group had issued the village a sample ordinance to consider where a registered sex offender would not be able to live within 2,500 feet of a school, playground or day care center.Village Attorney Karl Manne spent portions of the past two weeks researching the issue and updated the board and members of the neighborhood on his findings at Monday?s meeting...continue to full post

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