//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for New York, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== New York — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 45.7/100** · rank **27 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 10/16 dimensions statute-verified · 1 unverified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Level 1 = 20 years (expires); Levels 2 and 3 = life — **lifetime** | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/correction-law/cor-sect-168-h/|§ 168-h]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🟠 moderate | Level 2 may seek relief only after 30 yrs (clear-and-convincing burden); Levels 2/3 may annually petition to modify level down — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/correction-law/cor-sect-168-o/|§ 168-o]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🟢 favorable | Levels are risk-based ('risk levels'); risk-level and designation determination | n/a |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Yearly; Level 3 / 'Sexual Predators' verify address every 90 days | § 168-f |
| **Registration fee** | 🟠 moderate | Yes — $10 per change of address/status (modest, per-transaction, not annual) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/correction-law/cor-sect-168-b.html|§ 168-b.8]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟠 moderate | Supervision-only: SARA condition bars parolees/supervised releasees (victim under 18, or Level 3) from entering school grounds — defined elsewhere as within 1,000 ft — effectively a 1,000 ft residency limit while under supervision; no permanent statewide ban — **1000 ft** · local: Some localities (e.g., Suffolk County) enacted local residency ordinances; no permanent statewide statutory ban | [[https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._executive_law_section_259-c|Exec. Law § 259-c(14)]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Barred from employment on ice cream trucks | § 168-v |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🟠 moderate | Supervision-only: SARA (Exec. Law § 259-c(14)) bars offenders on parole/conditional release whose victim was under 18 or who are Level 3 from knowingly entering school grounds or facilities primarily for under-18s while children are present; no permanent statewide presence ban | [[https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._executive_law_section_259-c|Exec. Law § 259-c(14)]] ✓ |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟠 moderate | If in state longer than 14 days may register as nonresident worker/student | § 168-a (14/15) |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — Correction Law 168-b(1)(a) collects 'internet accounts with internet access providers' and 'internet identifiers' (email plus chat/IM/social-network designations) that the offender uses | [[https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._correction_law_section_168-b|§ 168-b]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🔴 restrictive | Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act (2007) — civil commitment exists | § 10.01 |
| **Public website exposure** | 🟠 moderate | Public online subdirectory lists Level 2 and Level 3 only; Level 1 (lowest) not on the public website — lowest tier withheld | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/correction-law/cor-sect-168-q/|§ 168-q]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | No statutory Halloween/holiday restriction located; DOCCS 'Operation Halloween' parole conditions may apply but not confirmed from a read source | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | State-issued ID / driver's license is NOT labeled or branded for registrants | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/sor/id/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟠 moderate | Risk-level (SORA) notification — Level 1 not public; active notification (DCJS alerts, dissemination to vulnerable entities) for Levels 2 & 3 only | [[https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._correction_law_section_168-l|§ 168-l(6)]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 17 — person less than 17 is deemed incapable of consent | [[https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._penal_law_section_130.05|Penal Law § 130.05(3)]] ✓ |

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Source wiki page: [[new_york|New York]] · compare with others via [[playground:qol_index|the index]].
//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//