A new state law wipes criminal records clean for millions of people in New York. Supporters say it will fill jobs and help the economy, but not everybody thinks it's a good idea. CBS News New York's John Dias reports.
Updated on: November 16, 2023 / 5:57 PM EST / CBS New York New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs "Clean Slate" legislation New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs "Clean Slate" legislation 02:35 NEW YORK -- New York is now the 12th state, joining others like New Jersey, to have so-called...
The Clean Slate Act provides opportunities for more New Yorkers to help grow the clean energy workforce and provide the skilled and highly trained employees necessary to achieve the state’s clean energy goals. We look forward to supporting this legislation in New York.About...
Lawmakers are expected to reintroduce a new version of the Clean Slate Act next week that would allow law enforcement, judges and the state Education Department to have access to a person's sealed criminal records. TheClean Slate Act would seal...
The Clean Slate Act states that eligible misdemeanor convictions must be sealed once three years has passed from the time an individual has satisfied the terms of their sentence. The same requirements apply for eligible felony convictions once eight years has passed from an individual's sentence sat...
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while other provisions of the Act (including automatic “clean slate” sealing) are effective 365 days after enactment. (June 28, 2019). The courts and state police are directed by law to use the year before the provisions for clean slate sealing become effective to identify all eligible cas...
"It's time to act during this session to have the robust debate about how to best conduct the process of expunging people's records," said Northam in his State of the Commonwealth address. "This will make our system more just and equal. And it needs action this session." ...
Oz lived in Northern New Jersey; McCormick in Connecticut UNTIL Pat Toomey announced his desire to leave the U.S. Senate! Both moves were obviously made in attempts to maximize personal political power, where both men KNEW they could not win such exalted positions with the slate of current Se...
David Schuman January 2, 2025 / 6:19 PM CST/ CBS Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS —The Clean Slate Act went into effect on New Year's Day, expunging all eligible convictions. Randy Anderson has a federal drug conviction from the 2000s, so the Clean Slate Act doesn't apply to him, but he says ...