Matter of Jakubiak v. New York City Dept. of Bldgs.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Donna M. Mills, J.), entered November 13, 2013, granting the petition, brought pursuant to CPLR article 78, to annul respondent’s determination, dated April 30, 2013, which denied petitioner’s application to renew his general contractor’s registration, and remanding the matter for further proceedings, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondent’s determination lacked a rational basis (see CPLR 7803 [3]; see also Matter of Peckham v Calogero, 12 NY3d 424, 430-431 [2009]). Respondent arbitrarily concluded that petitioner’s prior conviction for filing…