N.Y. Correction Law § 703-a: Certificate of good conduct

§ 703-a. Certificate of good conduct. 1. A certificate of good conduct

may be granted as provided in this section to relieve an individual of

any disability, or to remove any bar to his employment, automatically

imposed by law by reason of his conviction of the crime or of the

offense specified therein. Such certificate may be limited to one or

more enumerated disabilities or bars, or may relieve the individual of

all disabilities and bars.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a conviction of a crime

or of an offense specified in a certificate of good conduct shall not be

deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of any provision of law

that imposes, by reason of a conviction, a bar to any employment, a

disability to exercise any right, or a disability to apply for or to

receive any license, permit, or other authority or privilege covered by

the certificate; and provided, however, that a conviction for a class

A-I felony or a violent felony offense, as defined in subdivision one of

section 70.02 of the penal law, shall impose a disability to apply for

or receive a license or permit issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the

penal law.

3. A certificate of good conduct shall not, however, in any way

prevent any judicial administrative, licensing or other body, board or

authority from considering the conviction specified therein in

accordance with the provisions of article twenty-three-a of this

chapter.