DE LUCA SUPPORTS BILL FOR FORMER CONVICTS RIGHTS

Mayor Vic De Luca last week joined other mayors to support the Opportunity to Compete Act, which lifts barriers to employment for many convicted criminals

From New Jersey Institute for Social Justice:

Maplewood Mayor Victor DeLuca emphasized how many people this issue affects, explaining:

“Today over 90 percent of employers ask job-seekers on the initial job application whether they have ever been arrested or convicted of a crime, and checking ‘yes’ usually means the application will be thrown in the garbage and the job-seeker will not be considered at all.This anti-competitive blanket policy hurts our kids and grandkids, who all too often get caught up in today’s zero tolerance policies, whether it be from a college fraternity prank or getting caught smoking something stronger than tobacco. At first I thought this issue didn’t affect Maplewood, but after speaking with folks I realized people in my community and in every community throughout New Jersey are affected. These are our children, grandchildren, sisters and brothers. They are not strangers. They live in urban, suburban and rural municipalities throughout the state.”

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