NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo recycles last year's bad ideas. Well, the Shiitakes Awards can do the same

Gov Cuomo, shown here flashing White Power, or
possibly flicking away the two brain cells he once
rubbed together. 

Cuomo is not the only person keen on recycling out there. The Shiitakes love to recycle people who exploit registrants for person gains.

It is nice to know that New York State has solved all their real problems like government corruption so Cuomo makes this his keynote issue in the State of the State address. 

https://queenseagle.com/all/cuomo-subway-sex-offender-ban

Cuomo proposes transit ban for subway sex offenders
January 08, 2020
Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo, Flickr
KEVIN P. COUGHLIN/OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO, FLICKR

By David Brand

Gov. Andrew Cuomo formally proposed banning certain sex offenders from the subway system during his annual State of the State Address Wednesday.

Cuomo had discussed the sex-offender ban multiple times last year, and he again described the concept as he listed several major transit infrastructure projects that he would like the state to pursue.

“Subway cars should not be feeding grounds for predators,” Cuomo said. People should be able to take public transportation “without being harassed, without being molested and without being groped,” he said.

The proposal would prevent “high-risk” sex offenders from using the subway system for up to three years, according to the governor’s office. The state would also establish a new law for transit-related sex crimes and would enable judges to ban convicted defendants from using MTA transportation. Convicted offenders who violate their suspension could be charged with a transit trespass misdemeanor, the governor’s office said.

The Legal Aid Society has already pledged to fight the proposal in court if it became law, stating that the legislation would restrict “access to jobs, critical services, educational opportunities and treatment programs” for people convicted of sex crimes.

“We question the constitutionality of this misguided proposal and we are prepared to challenge it in court should it become law,” the public defender organization said in a statement.

https://www.localsyr.com/news/ny-capitol-news/state-of-the-state-sexual-predators-and-social-media/

State of the State: Sexual Predators and Social Media

Michael Prentice

Posted: Jan 8, 2020 / 10:07 PM EST / Updated: Jan 8, 2020 / 10:07 PM EST

In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, photo a woman types on a keyboard in New York. Cybersecurity researchers say a coordinated cyberespionage campaign has targeted U.N. relief agencies, the International Red Cross and other non-governmental organizations groups for the past 10 months. The California cybersecurity outfit Lookout says the campaign, which uses phishing to harvest passwords from mobile phones and computers, is still active. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)  – As a part of the 2020 State of the State address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed legislation to prevent sexual predators from using new social media.

The new legislation would force sexual predators to disclose their screen names for each social media account or dating/gaming app they are on to the Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Current laws only require sex offenders to register and keep up to date all current email accounts, screen names and any other internet identifiers with the state Division of Criminal Justice Services.

DCJS will send their list to any provider that the offender discloses, and the provider will be required to review this data, develop policies on how to use it, and release this policy publicly to their users.

The new legislation would also make it a crime for convicted sex offenders to misrepresent themselves online.

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo decides violating the rights to anonymous free speech is important enough to promote in his State of the State address.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Nebraska ruled some time back forcing registrants to disclose Internet identifiers violated the Constitution. I'm sure NY can do the same.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/cuomo-make-sex-offenders-disclose-dating-gaming-user-names/2247781/

Cuomo: Make Sex Offenders Disclose Dating, Gaming User Names

The Democrat's proposed legislation would also make it a crime for convicted sex offenders to misrepresent themselves online

Published December 22, 2019 • Updated at 7:48 pm on December 22, 2019

New York's governor says convicted sex offenders should be required to disclose their social media screen names to prevent them from using apps to exploit children.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that existing laws targeting online predation don't account for new technology. His proposal, unveiled as part of his State of the State agenda, would require sex offenders to hand over screen names for dating and gaming apps, as well.

The Democrat's proposed legislation would also make it a crime for convicted sex offenders to misrepresent themselves online.

Cuomo says sex offenders currently only have to provide the state with information for their social media accounts. The state compiles that information into a list and sends it to certain social networking companies which have used it to purge accounts.

Cuomo's office says the 2008 law with those requirements has resulted in the removal of the social media accounts of 22,000 registered sex offenders.

“This powerful new tool will protect children in important ways by significantly limiting one of the main vehicles used to identify and exploit vulnerable children and youth,” said Timothy Hathaway, the executive director of Prevent Child Abuse New York.

“The added value of making 'misrepresentation' a chargeable offense provides law enforcement, prosecutors and, ultimately, communities, leverage to act more aggressively on behalf of children.”

NY pols are falling all over themselves to be the first to ban registered citizens from Pokemon Go

A wild 'Tardmander appears....

I have never seen a social panic spread faster than the amount of fearmongering over Pokemon Go. It hasn't even been a full month (Pokemon Go was released on July 6 and I'm writing this piece a mere 27 days later). I've already said my share of Pokemon related puns and quite frankly, I think these NY legislatures should be kicked in their Pokeballs. 

First, Senators Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) and Diane Savino (in the most sickening love story known to man) wrote a hilariously bad report called Pokemon NO that essentially states some spots in the augmented reality game were within a half block of a registered citizen. They followed up by making the following statements:

https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/jeffrey-d-klein/pokemon-no-disturbing-investigation-finds-pokemon-popping

While children believe they are out to catch a pokémon, what might really be lurking could be a predator instead of a Pikachu. We want our children to have safe fun, but it makes no sense at all to give dangerous sexual predators a virtual road map to where our children congregate. We must update our law that already prohibits high level predators from using social media and we must make sure that gamers scrub these addresses from this game and future ones,” said Senator Klein.

“It’s dangerous to let our children linger in front of a sex offender’s home to play a game, and it’s absurd that a high-level predator should be allowed to have this map at his or her fingertips in the first place. We devised simple solutions in light of this alarming investigation to keep our laws up-to-date as technology advances,” said Senator Savino.

It is worth noting the press release equates registered citizen with pedophile, which is always grounds for nomination. 

"Because i'm this close to getting re-elected"

Then we have NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is trying to force the state to ban Pokemon Go from those on supervision. 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/08/02/new_york_governor_andrew_cuomo_bans_sex_offenders_from_playing_pokemon_go.html

Registered sex offenders in the state of New York will no longer be able to download and play Pokémon Go thanks to an order Governor Andrew Cuomo sent to the state’s Department of Corrections on Monday. In addition to prohibiting sex offenders on parole from playing Pokémon Go and other “internet-enabled gaming activities,” Cuomo sent a letter to Niantic, the game’s developer, to ask for help in keeping sex offenders out of the software.

He has also instructed the Division of Criminal Justice Services to send a database of information about New York’s registered sex offenders to Niantic in hopes that the company will prohibit those people from signing up, as Facebook has done. The governor’s directive, a new parole condition, will affect about 3,000 people. “These actions will provide safeguards for the players of these augmented reality games and help take one more tool away from those seeking to do harm to our children,” Cuomo said in a statement.

This Pokemon Go fear and hysteria has gotten way out of hand.