Howell v. Benson

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which denied petitioner’s application for licenses to operate taxicabs in the City of Albany. Between February, 1979 and October, 1980, petitioner made application with respondent for licenses to operate five taxicabs within the City of Albany. Following a hearing which was directed as a result of an earlier CPLR article 78 proceeding brought by petitioner, respondent denied the applications based on findings that…