SEX OFFENDERS LICENSING BAN

Newsday/Ellen Yan

Misdemeanor sex offenders will now be barred from getting real estate agent and brokerlicenses under a new state law. Felons have almost always been barred from getting state licenses -unless they won administrative  hearings or got pardoned - but when it came to misdemeanors,including sex related offenses, the New York State Department of State, which oversees licensing,had more flexibility in licensing.
(New York)