Cuomo announces first pardons of his tenure

... resident in the United States for 44 years and seeks to become a U.S. citizen. Gerardo Alvarez, 49, of Lake Peekskill, was convicted in 2002 of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance in New York County. The charge stemmed from ...

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