The Clean Slate Act would seal criminal convictions after a certain number of years, giving people with criminal records better access to housing, education, and jobs.
"There are 2.3 million New Yorkers with old conviction records," Katie Schaffer, with Community Alternatives explained. "Those roadblocks between people who have served their time and real opportunities to get back on their feet is partially what contributes to recidivism rates. So I would say this truly is a public safety bill as well as a justice bill."
Felony convictions would be sealed after 8 years, as long as someone is off parole or probation and has no new charges or convictions. There are exceptions including sexual offenses and some Class A felonies such as murder. But Tony Jordan President of the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York says this process takes discretion away from judges.
Jordan says that DAASNY is in support of part of this bill that would allow some crimes to be sealed, pointing to a law that passed in 2017 that allows people to apply to have their records sealed. However, advocates have argued that very few people know this exists and even fewer have taken advantage of it."There is no cap on the number of felonies that you get to have sealed," Jordan explained.
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