Sponsored by Sen. Julia Salazar (D-Brooklyn) and Assemblywoman Yuh Line-Niou (D-Manhattan), the legislation would prohibit mandatory minimum fines for criminal and traffic offenses.
Will your New York marijuana conviction be expunged? The simple numbers to know
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
This Aug. 22, 2019 photo shows medical marijuana plants being grown at the Curaleaf medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Ravena, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)AP
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Trying to figure out who qualifies to have a New York marijuana conviction expunged? Reading the law is a brain-teaser, at best.
The recent legalization bill doesn’t even call it marijuana anymore those criminal laws have been completely erased. It’s now officially cannabis.
The repeal of the old law is expected to clear 150,000 people of marijuana convictions, according to a state court system estimate.
ALBANY â State lawmakers are considering legislation that would automatically seal and expunge most criminal convictions under the proposed Clean Slate Act.
The bill would include a two-step process that would first automatically seal certain traffic infractions and misdemeanors after one year and three years after a felony conviction, as long as the individual is not on probation or parole or is required to register as a sex offender. The conviction record would later be automatically expunged.
A virtual press conference was held Thursday prior to a public hearing of the state Senateâs Standing Committee on Codes to push for passage of the bill.
ALBANY â State lawmakers are considering legislation that would automatically seal and expunge most criminal convictions under the proposed Clean Slate Act.
The bill would include a two-step process that would first automatically seal certain traffic infractions and misdemeanors after one year and three years after a felony conviction, as long as the individual is not on probation or parole or is required to register as a sex offender. The conviction record would later be automatically expunged.
A virtual press conference was held Thursday prior to a public hearing of the state Senateâs Standing Committee on Codes to push for passage of the bill.
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Newly-proposed legislation aims to purge the criminal histories of approximately 2.3 million New York state residents with the hopes of improving access to housing and employment opportunities. The “Clean Slate” law, introduced by State Senator Zellnor Myrie and Assemblymember Catalina Cruz, would automatically seal and then expunge convictions for residents who have completed their sentences and probation, supervised release, and sex offender registration periods.
The bill would cover most types of crimes ranging from misdemeanors to felonies such as assaults, robberies, and even some murders though its benefits would not extend to those convicted of crimes which keep them permanently on the state’s sex offender registry.