N.Y. Correct. Law § 9
Access to information of incarcerated individuals via the internet
Redline — January 1, 2022 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2022
§ 9. Access to information of incarcerated individuals via the\ninternet. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any\ninformation relating to the conviction of a person, except for a person\nconvicted of an offense that would make such person ineligible for merit\ntime under section eight hundred three of this chapter or an offense for\nwhich registration as a sex offender is required as set forth in\nsubdivision two or three of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this\nchapter, that is posted on a website maintained by or for the\ndepartment, under article six of the public officers law, may be posted\non such website for a period not to exceed five years after the\nexpiration of such person's sentence of imprisonment and any period of\nparole or post-release supervision; provided, however, that in the case\nof a person who has been committed to the department on more than one\noccasion, the department may post conviction information relating to any\nprior commitment on such website for a period not to exceed five years\nafter the expiration of such person's sentence of imprisonment and any\nperiod of parole or post-release supervision arising from the most\nrecent commitment to the department.\n
§ 9. Access to information of incarcerated individuals via the\ninternet. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any\ninformation relating to the conviction of a person that is posted on a\nwebsite maintained by or for the department, under article six of the\npublic officers law, may be posted on such website for a period not to\nexceed three years after the expiration of such person's sentence of\nimprisonment and at the conclusion of any period of parole or\npost-release supervision; provided further, however, that any such\nwebsite that allows the public to search for incarcerated individual\ninformation shall be programmed in such a manner that the search may be\nsuccessful by input of the incarcerated individual's current name, any\nformer legal name or any other known alias of the incarcerated\nindividual. To the extent the department collects an individual's\ncurrent name, former legal name, or any known alias from government\nrecords utilized by the department, the department shall ensure that\nsuch information is input into any website created pursuant to this\nsection, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be\nconstrued to require the department to obtain and input into the\ndepartment's electronic record-keeping applications any individual's\notherwise uncollected former legal name or any alias.\n
Official source: NYS Open Legislation (New York State Senate). Reproduced from public-domain New York statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.