2006 New York Code - Conviction.

 
    § 109-c. Conviction. Any conviction as defined in subdivision thirteen
  of  section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law; provided, however, where
  a conviction or administrative finding in this state  or  another  state
  results  in  a mandatory sanction against a commercial driver's license,
  as set forth in sections five hundred ten, five  hundred  ten-a,  eleven
  hundred  ninety-two  and  eleven  hundred  ninety-four  of this chapter,
  conviction shall also mean an unvacated  adjudication  of  guilt,  or  a
  determination  that  a  person has violated or failed to comply with the
  law  in  a  court  of  original  jurisdiction  or   by   an   authorized
  administrative  tribunal,  an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral
  deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, a plea  of  guilty
  or nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine or court
  cost, or violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of
  whether or not the penalty is rebated, suspended, or probated.