Two years ago landlords helped defeat a New York City bill that would ban criminal background checks on potential renters and homeowners. Now they have secured changes to the measure that may push ...

New York City’s Department of Investigation needs four years to clear up a backlog of background checks on thousands of city employees, the commissioner said Monday, saying the agency has ...

NEW YORK-- The New York City Council is considering an end to criminal background checks for prospective tenants. Thursday, the Civil and Human Rights Committee held a hearing on the Fair Chance ...

Proponents of the measures say background checks penalize people who have already served their sentence or who may have been treated unfairly by the criminal justice system. New York City’s bill ...

That version would have outlawed all criminal background checks except ... that 46% of people released from New York state prisons immediately entered the city’s shelter system, and about ...

The legislation effectively would end the use of criminal background checks by housing gatekeepers in New York City, with few exceptions. The legislation, co-sponsored by Majority Leader Keith ...

Starting in 2025, New York City landlords will be barred from performing criminal background checks on some tenants. The City Council on Wednesday approved a bill that limits a landlord’s ...