ALBANY â The Clean Slate bill is set to pass the state Legislature before session ends this week after lawmakers negotiated a deal overnight to change the measure to seal, and no longer expunge, New Yorkersâ criminal records after completing a prison sentence.
Initially, Clean Slate was set to automatically seal and expunge New Yorkersâ criminal record after one year for misdemeanors and three years for certain felonies after release from prison.
The bill was reintroduced overnight to allow for the automatic sealing of misdemeanors after three years and felonies after seven years, but not expungement of records.
âWe got a deal, now, it just has to move through conference again,â Clean Slate sponsor Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz, D-Queens, said Tuesday.