People with criminal convictions can have trouble securing a job or housing once their sentence is up, and now state lawmakers are considering a bill to address the concern. 

Lawmakers on Thursday held a public hearing to consider a so-called "clean slate" bill that would seal and eventually expunge criminal convictions from the public record. Advocates argue the measure would help people secure employment once their sentence is completed while also helping to reduce recidivism. 

The bill is the latest criminal justice law reform being considered in Albany over the last several years that have been broadly aimed at reducing the impact of policing, imprisonment and parole in New York. 

Emma Goodman of the Legal Aid Society joined us on Capital Tonight to discuss the bill.