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ALBANY (TNS) — Changes to New York’s bail statutes last year, intended in part to curtail a “revolving door” of shoplifting offenders, only marginally altered the decisions that many judges
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New Yorkers who commit crimes could have their records automatically sealed if they stay out of trouble for a certain number of years after they have finished serving their sentences.
Black and brown New Yorkers received 85% of the NYPD’s criminal summons last year, according to John Jay College’s Data Collaborative for Justice (DCJ).
New Yorkers who commit crimes could have their records automatically sealed if they stay out of trouble for a certain number of years after they have