Posted on 11/16/2023 2:45:31 PM PST by lowbridge
Some convicted criminals in New York will now have their records sealed when applying for jobs and filling out housing applications, after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the controversial new “Clean Slate Act” in a ceremony Thursday.
The governor hailed the progressive legislation as a way to get more ex-cons in the work force — despite opposition from some police groups and law-and-order conservatives.
“My number one job as the New York State Governor is to keep people safe, Hochul said. “And I believe that the best anti-crime tool we have is a job when people have steady work.”
The legislation seals eligible misdemeanor records after three years and certain felony records after eight years after their sentence is complete as long as the offender doesn’t commit another crime during that time.
Charges eligible to be sealed include misdemeanors such as disorderly conduct, larceny and vandalism as well as non-violent felonies like money laundering, insurance fraud and compelling prostitution.
Crimes designated as class A felonies like murder, predatory sexual assault, terrorism, arson and kidnapping would not be eligible to be sealed. That excludes class A felonies for drug possession.
Law enforcement and courts will continue to have full access to records as would any employer that can currently conduct fingerprinting as part of a job application like schools and day cares.
“What Clean Slate does is give everyone the opportunity to be a safe and productive member of their community,” one of the bill’s sponsors, state Senator Zellnor Myrie said. “Help is on the way.”
The legislation takes effect one year from the bill signing, at which point the office of court administration will begin the clock for automatically sealing the eligible offenses as soon as someone finishes their sentence. The courts will have until 2027 to go back and seal
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What if somebody is looking for a money launderer? You can’t put it on your resume if it’s been expunged.
Crazy...
Wow. What could possible go wrong???
One way to get more criminals into the criminal NY state government.
You know, I was saying to myself just the other day, “what this state really needs is more ex-cons in the work force.”
Filthy Michigan has that already. Proudly pushed by Whitmer to gain cheers from the criminals’ families. A Major vote bloc for the Dems.
It’s hard to imagine any business wanting to hire and operate under this guideline.
Annnd why don’t you have any work record the last 7 years ???
Oh yeah,I was in a coma for the 7 years.....I just woke up last week.....
I hire for my company, and we do have some degree of tolerance for felonies in the applicants background. But we still want to know about it and decide accordingly.
Job interviewer: "Well, young man, you don't seem to have a record of working for the past four years...
Applicant: "That's because I was in Yale."
Interviewer: "Yale? Well that's good enough for me. Welcome aboard!"
Applicant: "That's great, because I really need a yob..."
What could possibly go wrong?
OLO...LOL...LOL...
hoochie hates New Yorker’s...
Say WHAT?
You want some former pimp working with the vulnerable?
“larceny and vandalism” —Gee I can’t think of any reason a landlord should care about that /sarc
You know these tenants trash a place and then call health department or code enforcement who then goes after the landlord. And then any attempt to evict them results in the landlord be charged under “Retaliation” laws.
There is no point in being a landlord anymore. It certainly is not for small timers.
I anticipate no adverse repercussions from this stunningly brave legislation. /s
“What Clean Slate does is give everyone the opportunity to be a safe and productive member of their community,” one of the bill’s sponsors, state Senator Zellnor Myrie said.
A chance to be a productive member, perhaps, but not safe.
We had one of those drug dealers working for us..He had been low level and his father worked for our company.What the real problem was his horrific temper...He told one woman ,if she had been a man he would have killed her....No one was told of his background...
No one wanted to be with him early in the morning....He dated one of my coworkers....Moved in with her and realized the apartment next to hers had an empty space between the two apartments to crawl. through.......The woman next door had just come from mass and he was waiting ....He killed her, then went out and killed himself..... No one knew about the crawl space until he came along....
We have had a governor or two in New York State who had to step down for “compelling prostitution”. Probably just a nod to ol’ Eliot Spitzer...
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