Schneiderman Announces Sex Offender Trailers Are Removed

Housing for homeless sex offenders has been removed from two towns in Suffolk County.

Westhampton, NY – August 19, 2013 – The Westhampton and Riverside trailers formerly used by the Suffolk County Department of Social Services to house homeless sex offenders have been disconnected and removed from their sites, according to an email from Acting Suffolk County Department of Social Services Commissioner John O’Neill to Legislator Jay Schneiderman and Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst.

County Executive Steve Bellone ended the emergency housing program in May of this year at the request of Legislator Schneiderman and Southampton Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, who for years protested the presence of the trailers on the East End as an unfair burden. Former DSS Commissioner, Janet DeMarzo, first...| read more ››