N.Y. Civil Rights Law Section 50-G
Disclosure of convictions sealed pursuant to section 160

57 of the criminal procedure law.

1.

Any person who has had a conviction sealed pursuant to section 160.57 of the criminal procedure law may bring a cause of action for damages against a party who, without consent of such person, discloses such sealed conviction where:

(a)

the respondent owed such person a duty of care pursuant to such section;

(b)

the respondent knowingly and willfully breached such duty;

(c)

the disclosure caused injury to such person; and

(d)

respondent’s breach of that duty was a substantial factor in the events that caused the injury suffered by such person. The provisions of this section are in addition to, but shall not supersede, any other rights or remedies available in law or equity.

2.

For purposes of this section, a party owes a duty of care to a person who has had a conviction sealed pursuant to section 160.57 of the criminal procedure law when the party is under an obligation pursuant to subdivision two of such section to seal information, records, documents or papers related to such conviction, or when the party obtains access to records of such conviction for a specified purpose pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision one, or subdivision three of such section. * NB Effective November 16, 2024

Source: Section 50-G — Disclosure of convictions sealed pursuant to section 160, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVR/50-G (updated Nov. 17, 2023; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

50
Right of privacy 50‑B
Right of privacy 50‑C
Private right of action 50‑D
Personnel records of court officers 50‑E
Personnel records of bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and lieutenants 50‑F
Right of publicity 50‑G
Disclosure of convictions sealed pursuant to section 160 51
Action for injunction and for damages 52
Televising, broadcasting or taking motion pictures of certain proceedings prohibited 52‑A
Private right of action for unwarranted video imaging of residential premises 52‑B
Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image 52‑C
Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or publication of a sexually explicit depiction of an individual 52‑C*2
Employers engaged in electronic monitoring 52‑D
Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or publication of a personal image

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Last modified:
Nov. 17, 2023

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Original Source: Section 50-G — Disclosure of convictions sealed pursuant to section 160, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVR/50-G (last accessed Nov. 18, 2023).

N.Y. Civil Rights Law Section 50-G Disclosure of convictions sealed pursuant to section 160

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N.Y. Civil Rights Law Section 50-G
Disclosure of convictions sealed pursuant to section 160