Legislature The Senate has passed S211, the Clean Slate bill, which will automatically clear a New Yorker’s conviction record once they become eligible. The deadline is fast approaching and the Assembly must take action now and pass A1029.
As you know, the civil damage a conviction record can inflict is often wide-ranging and enduring—permanently barring many individuals from basic opportunities like stable jobs, licenses to practice trades, and safe, secure housing. Clean Slate NY is about strengthening our communities by ensuring that New Yorkers are not punished beyond their sentences and can be full and fair participants in economic and civic life. (Clean Slate Campaign)
Clean Slate legislation ensures that the 2.3 million New Yorkers with conviction histories, disproportionately Black and Brown, have access to jobs, housing, and education. Without this bill, formerly incarcerated New Yorkers are repeatedly blocked from these life essentials.
