A clean slate or a public safety hazard? 2
Queens Councilmembers Joann Ariola, left, Jim Gennaro, Vickie Paladino and Bob Holden are vehemently against the Clean Slate Act.
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Forty-three to eight. That is how people in the City Council voted on Resolution 121, which calls on the state Legislature and governor to approve the Clean Slate Act, a bill that would automatically seal conviction records after someone has completed a sentence and is off probation or parole while not incurring any new charges or convictions after three years (misdemeanor) or seven years (felonies). Sex offenses do not apply.
Differences in opinion are stark.
