State lawmakers and legislators vehemently urged the Legislature on Tuesday to reconvene in a special session to seal the criminal records of millions of New Yorkers.
The Clean Slate bill, sponsored by Assemblymember Catalina Cruz, D-Queens, failed to pass the Legislature before session ended June 10. The bill would seal the criminal records of about 2.3 million New Yorkers after three years of the start of a sentence for a misdemeanor offense and seven years for a felony.
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