NY S07502

Authorizes prosecution agencies (district attorneys, county attorneys, attorney general) to establish conviction integrity units to investigate claims of factual innocence, newly discovered evidence, or information that calls into question the legitimacy of convictions or sentences

Allows convicted individuals to submit applications for review of their convictions or sentences to a conviction integrity unit, with special procedures requiring notification to the attorney general for death penalty cases

Grants prosecutors discretion to accept or reject conviction integrity unit findings and recommendations, and to file civil petitions in superior court seeking to vacate convictions, order new trials, vacate sentences, or modify convictions/sentences

Requires prosecutors filing petitions to notify the convicted person, crime victims, and (for felonies) the attorney general, while giving victims the right to be heard by the court

Permits courts to grant relief upon finding by preponderance of evidence that bona fide and compelling evidence shows the convicted person is significantly likely to be factually innocent or that material evidence would have changed the outcome

Takes effect 120 days after becoming law and explicitly does not create private rights of action, confer standing on convicted persons, or provide monetary relief including attorney fees