Advocates urge State Senate to pass criminal record relief for trafficking victims (Queens Daily Eagle)
Queens Daily Eagle, June 14, 2019
Advocates urge State Senate to pass criminal record relief for trafficking victims
Advocates continue to urge the state Senate to pass a bill that could protect survivors of human trafficking from deportation by vacating their criminal records, building on an existing a law that allows for the clearance of prostitution-related offenses…. The New York City Bar Association also supports the measure and has called for passage of the bill, which is sponsored by State Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Richard Gottfried. ‘This bill is supported by the City Bar’s #Criminal Courts, Sex & Law, #Immigration and Corrections & Community Reentry Committees as a significant step forward in making post-conviction relief broadly available to victims of sex & labor trafficking,’ the NYC Bar wrote on Twitter in response to the Eagle’s June 12 story on the advocates’ letter to state leaders.
