Rucker v. NYC/NYPD License Division

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward H. Lehner, J.), entered June 15, 2009, dismissing this proceeding to annul a determination denying petitioner’s application for a premises residence handgun license, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Judicial review of an administrative determination is limited to whether it was arbitrary or capricious or without a rational basis in the administrative record, and once it is determined that the agency’s conclusion had a sound basis in reason, the judicial function comes to an end (Matter of Partnership 92 LP & Bldg. Mgt. Co., Inc. v State of…