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Drug act record sealing is retroactive

Sealing of records related to certain drug convictions may be granted retroactively. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in a case of first impression, ruled Friday that criminal records are eligible for conditional sealing even if they relate to convictions before the 2009 effective date of the law allowing for conditional sealing. The higher court reversed the 2013 ...