With the legislative session winding down in Albany, a handful of LGBTQ-related bills are pending in the State Legislature.
One piece of legislation, called the Survivors of Trafficking Attaining Relief Together (START) Act, would more comprehensively vacate convictions for sex trafficking victims. It has cleared both chambers and awaits the governor’s signature.
While there are already pathways for trafficking victims to vacate sex work-related convictions, this legislation goes a step further by scrubbing convictions for other offenses victims have been forced to commit.
