People v. Chen Ye

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gabriel W. Gorenstein, J.

Defendant is charged in each of the above cases with being an unlicensed general vendor under Administrative Code of the City of New York § 20-453, an unclassified misdemeanor. In each instance, the complaint alleges that the defendant was offering items for sale without a license and that “[a]t the time of the [police] officer’s observations, defendant was not displaying a license issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs and could not produce one when asked.” The defendant moves to dismiss the informations on the ground that they are facially…