Perazzo v. Lindsay

This is an article 78 (CPLR) proceeding, in the nature of mandamus, wherein petitioners, property owners and residents of MacDougal Street in the area known as G-reenwich Village, seek an order directing respondents, the Mayor, Commissioner of Licenses, and Police Commissioner of the City of New York, to enforce certain provisions of the Administrative Code of the City of New York and Penal Law of the State of New York relating to the operation and *768maintenance of so-called “ coffee houses ” and the preservation of public order in that street and vicinity.

The gravamen of this application has…