‘Overdue’: Rensselaer County officials call for residential restrictions on sex offenders

‘Overdue’: Rensselaer County officials call for residential restrictions on sex offenders

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. — Rensselaer County representatives for local and state levels recently gathered at the County Building to urge the state to pass residential restrictions for sex offenders. Specifically, the law would not allow Level 2 and 3 sex offenders to live within 1,000 feet of schools or libraries. According to the State Division of Criminal Justice Services website, Level 2 offenders are labeled as a “moderate risk of repeat offense…