Section 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.