Opinion
2017–05749 Index No. 344/17
05-15-2019
In the Matter of Sean MCCARTHY, Appellant, v. Timothy SINI, etc., Respondent.
Michael C. Sordi, Northport, NY, for appellant. Dennis M. Brown, County Attorney, Hauppauge, N.Y. (Michael J. Petre of counsel), for respondent.
Michael C. Sordi, Northport, NY, for appellant.
Dennis M. Brown, County Attorney, Hauppauge, N.Y. (Michael J. Petre of counsel), for respondent.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, JEFFREY A. COHEN, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The petitioner commenced this proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the Police Commissioner of Suffolk County (hereinafter the Commissioner) upholding the denial of the petitioner's application for a full, unrestricted concealed weapon carry pistol license, also known as a "full carry" pistol license. In a judgment dated March 29, 2017, the Supreme Court denied the petition and, in effect, dismissed the proceeding. The petitioner appeals.
The type of pistol license sought by the petitioner is defined by Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) as a "license for a pistol or revolver ... issued to ... have and carry concealed, without regard to employment or place of possession, by any person when proper cause exists for the issuance thereof." "A [pistol] licensing officer has broad discretion in determining whether ‘proper cause’ exists for the issuance of a ‘carry concealed’ license" ( Matter of Sarro v. Smith , 8 A.D.3d 395, 395, 777 N.Y.S.2d 710, quoting Penal Law § 400.00[2][f] ; see Matter of Marino v. Hubert , 117 A.D.3d 829, 985 N.Y.S.2d 706 ; Matter of Bando v. Sullivan , 290 A.D.2d 691, 692, 735 N.Y.S.2d 660 ; Matter of Bernstein v. Police Dept. of City of N.Y. , 85 A.D.2d 574, 445 N.Y.S.2d 716 ). A licensing officer's determination will not be disturbed unless it is arbitrary and capricious (see Matter of O'Brien v. Keegan , 87 N.Y.2d 436, 440, 639 N.Y.S.2d 1004, 663 N.E.2d 316 ; Matter of Kachalsky v. Cacace , 65 A.D.3d 1045, 1045, 884 N.Y.S.2d 877 ; Matter of Bando v. Sullivan , 290 A.D.2d at 692, 735 N.Y.S.2d 660 ). Here, we agree with the Supreme Court's determination that the Commissioner's determination upholding the denial of the petitioner's application for a full carry pistol license was not arbitrary and capricious (see Matter of Santagata v. Currier–Woods , 84 A.D.3d 821, 822, 921 N.Y.S.2d 868 ; Matter of Kachalsky v. Cacace , 65 A.D.3d at 1045, 884 N.Y.S.2d 877 ; Matter of Hecht v. Bivona , 11 A.D.3d 614, 614, 782 N.Y.S.2d 666 ). The petitioner's remaining contentions are without merit.
RIVERA, J.P., CHAMBERS, COHEN and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.