Nearly 1,000 New Yorkers Have Criminal Records Sealed Under “Raise the Age” Law: Data
The law is best known for mandating that 16- and 17-year-old offenders no longer be automatically prosecuted as adults. But the legislation also allows any New Yorker who has remained crime-free for 10 years—and has two convictions or fewer on their record—to request certain state convictions be sealed.
