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The Fair Chance Act will restrict when employers can ask about an applicant’s criminal record and how that information is handled when it comes to deciding whom to hire. A…

ByMarc Bussanich 0Comments

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Apr 2015

Opinion

New York’s Attempt to Diversify Legal Profession

A Bronx assemblywoman credits the New York Legal Education Opportunity Program with changing her life, and hopes it will get other women and people of color into the bar.

ByLatoya Joyner 1Comment

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Mar 2015

Opinion

Cuomo Commission Offers Smart Way to Fight Youth Crime

The proposed reforms will help keep our communities safe, even as they treat young offenders fairly.

ByRoderick Jenkins 2Comments

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Mar 2015

Investigations Justice

The Rap-Sheet Trap: A Resource Guide

These organizations offer help and advice to people fighting a bad rap sheet:

ByCUNY investigative team 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Investigations Justice

The Rap-Sheet Trap: A Q&A on Rap Sheets

Millions of New Yorkers have mistakes on their criminal “rap sheets” that are extraordinarily difficult to fix. But what is a RAP-sheet? Who gets to see it? How do you…

ByCUNY investigative team 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Investigations Justice

The Rap-Sheet Trap: Legislature Falls Down on Fixes

In Albany, only a handful of legislators have tried to get government to fix its own mistakes.

ByRebecca Bratek

ByTerence Cullen 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Investigations Justice

The Rap-Sheet Trap: One Man Vs. a Multitude of Errors

One of every two people at Rikers Island has mistakes on their record. Frank Murphy is working to correct them, one by one.

ByBriana Duggan 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Investigations Justice

The Rap-Sheet Trap: The 7-Year Quest to Fix 1 Skewed Sheet

Kevin Cleare marched from a police precinct to district attorneys’ offices to courthouses in an effort to clear up mistakes that had somehow burrowed deep into his criminal record history.

ByLaura Bult

ByRosa Goldensohn 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Investigations Justice

The Rap-Sheet Trap: Mistaken Arrest Records Haunt Millions

New York’s law enforcement system is great at arresting people, but lousy at keeping track of how the records of those encounters are handled.

ByCUNY investigative team 2Comments

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Feb 2015

Justice

Certificate Confusion Puts Focus on Convictions’ Consequences

Losing a place in public housing. Being barred from a job. Suffering immigration action. New York has a menu of “collateral consequences” attached to criminal convictions. Is there a consensus…

ByF. T. Green 0Comments

How a New NYC Law Will Change Life for Employers and Job-Seekers

New York’s Attempt to Diversify Legal Profession

Cuomo Commission Offers Smart Way to Fight Youth Crime

The Rap-Sheet Trap: A Resource Guide

The Rap-Sheet Trap: A Q&A on Rap Sheets

The Rap-Sheet Trap: Legislature Falls Down on Fixes

The Rap-Sheet Trap: One Man Vs. a Multitude of Errors

The Rap-Sheet Trap: The 7-Year Quest to Fix 1 Skewed Sheet

The Rap-Sheet Trap: Mistaken Arrest Records Haunt Millions

Certificate Confusion Puts Focus on Convictions’ Consequences

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