MATTER OF AUSTIN v. SAFIR


288 A.D.2d 74 (2001)

733 N.Y.S.2d 30

In the Matter of PATRICK AUSTIN, Appellant, v. HOWARD SAFIR, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided November 15, 2001.


Respondent's determination disapproving petitioner's application for a pistol license was properly left undisturbed by the article 78 court. Given petitioner's history of cerebral vascular episodes and his present physical limitations which might impair his ability to use a firearm safely, the challenged pistol license application disapproval was entirely rational and consistent with respondent's role in protecting the public (see, Matter of Harris v Codd, ...

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