Pinella v. Safir

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Louise Gruner Gans, J.), entered December 2, 2002, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul respondent’s determination denying petitioner’s application for a premises pistol license, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondent’s finding that petitioner lacks the character and fitness required for the handgun permit he seeks was not arbitrary and capricious in light of petitioner’s admission that he had purchased heroin to facilitate sexual relations with two women, and the false and…