New York State’s Clean Slate Act takes effect on Saturday. It provides the Unified Court System with up to three years to set up the required processes to automatically seal eligible conviction records. Once that work is complete, convictions that are eligible will be sealed for certain civil background check purposes.
The law lets individuals or their lawyers ask for a review of their convictions if they think they should have been sealed but were not. A form will be available on the website to request this review no later than the implementation date of November 16, 2027.
Some convictions, such as sex crimes and Class A felonies that are not drug-related, including murder, are not eligible to be sealed under this legislation.
For more on the Clean Slate Act, click here.
Have all the Finger Lakes news from Finger Lakes News Radio delivered to your email every morning for FREE! Sign up by clicking here
