Rossi v. New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan B. Lobis, J.), entered May 22, 2014, which denied petitioner’s pro se application for declaratory and injunctive relief, including an order directing respondent, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), to renew the restricted area permit allowing her to vend food from a mobile truck at a site-specific location, namely, directly in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s front steps, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

DOHMH’s interpretation of the parties’ 2011 stipulation as not promising petitioner a site-specific vending permit is…