A level three sex offender who served 14 years for sexually abusing girls ages five to seven no longer holds the keys to 50 Manhattan apartments. Shortly after his release from prison in 2001 William Barnason was hired as the super for several Upper West Side buildings, where female tenants complained he tried to coerce them into sex-for-rent arrangements, but now he’s gotten the boot. “Mr. Barnason is no longer employed as the superintendent and will be moving out of the building he lives in the near future," said a lawyer for the child rapists’ employer.
Since the Post outed Barnason’s inappropriate activities, not only has he been fired, but Sen. Charles Schumer and state Assemblyman Micah Kellner have proposed legislation banning serious sex offenders from employment as superintendents. "The aim of our legislation is to prevent a frightening and potentially dangerous situation like this from ever happening again," Schumer said yesterday.
