New York legislators on Tuesday approved a bill that legalizes marijuana and expunges old convictions related to the drug. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, plans to sign the bill into law. The Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, or S854A, calls the state’s marijuana policies “broken, unjust, and outdated” and alleges prohibition of the drug “has thrust thousands of New Yorkers into the criminal justice system for non-violent offenses, denying many the fundamental right to participate in the democratic process of voting and inhibiting otherwise law-abiding citizens’ ability to access housing, student loans, employment opportunities, and other vital services.” Under the legislation, people can grow up to six cannabis plants and can store up to five pounds of the drug in their home. They can also legally possess up to three ounces of marijuana, or 24 grams of concentrate, outside their home. People caught driving while impaired by marijuana face a …