Public outrage over sex offenders at Bayside hotel
Lawmakers blast state agency for placing registered predators at lodge near daycare site
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Several representatives
of Bayside have called for
immediate removal of the
individuals by the New
York State Department of
Corrections and Community
Supervision (DOCCS).
Standing in front of the
Anchor Inn Motel, located at
215-34 Northern Blvd., state
Senator John Liu joined by
Assembly members Nily
Rozic and Ed Braunstein and
Councilman Paul Vallone
addressed concerned residents
at the site, where families take
their children to a day care
center across the street.
“We are extremely
concerned to learn about the
eight registered sex offenders
placed in the Anchor Motor
Inn last week by the New
York State Department of
Corrections and Community
Supervision,” said Rozic.
“The Inn, located on Northern
Boulevard is diagonally across
the street from an Academy of
Early Education. As the safety
of our community and our
children is paramount, we
urge DOCCS to find immediate
alternative housing for these
individuals.”
The eight registered sex
offenders are listed on the
New York State Division of
Criminal Justice Services sex
offender registry. They are
men who range in age from 33
to 66. Four of the individuals
were said to be level 3, sexually
violent offenders.
“It’s always a cause for
concern when sex offenders are
placed in a community, but it
becomes truly alarming when
their crimes are particularly
heinous and violent,” said
Vallone, whose office has been
receiving phone calls about
the issue. “
According to the
Department of Criminal
Justice, the Sex Offender
Registration Act does not
restrict where a registered sex
offender may live. However, if
the offender is under parole or
probation supervision, other
New York state laws may limit
(From l. to r.) State Assembly members Ed Braunstein and
Nily Rozic, Councilman Paul Vallone, and state Sen. John
Liu speak at press conference regarding the placement
of eight sex offenders at the Anchor Inn Motel in Bayside
Photo by Carlotta Mohamed/QNS
the offender from living within
1,000 feet of a school or other
facility caring for children.
In a statement to QNS, a
DOCCS spokesman confirmed
that the men were recently
re-located to the Anchor Inn,
which is compliant with the
state’s Sexual Assault Reform
Act (SARA) restrictions,
following the closure of their
previous transitional housing
by New York City agencies.
“To date, the individuals
have abided by their conditions
of supervision, which include
reporting any change in
residence. The Department’s
parole officers will continue
to actively supervise these
individuals and impose any
special conditions required, in
accordance with the law and
agency policy,” the DOCCS
said.
According to Liu, the motel
has claimed they have removed
the individuals, stating they
had no knowledge about the
matter and that the Red Cross
potentially placed them at the
site on an emergency basis.
Residents, who claim the
motel has been operating as
a halfway house for years,
expressed multiple issues
with the site and lack of
communication with the
owner.
The local lawmakers said
they’re continuing to further
investigate the matter and are
seeking accountability of the
placement of the individuals.
Read more on QNS.com.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–4526.
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