MATTER OF ALFONSO v. NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT (LICENSE DIVISION)


283 A.D.2d 188 (2001)

726 N.Y.S.2d 9

In the Matter of BENNY ALFONSO, Petitioner, v. NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT (LICENSE DIVISION), Respondent.

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

Decided May 3, 2001.


Petitioner requests that the revocation of his pistol license be modified to a suspension for all occasions other than when he is working. He claims that he has, while working, been the victim of robberies, including one where an employee of his was killed. Judicial review of an administrative sanction, however, is limited to ascertaining whether the penalty shocks the judicial conscience, i.e., constitutes an abuse of discretion as a matter of law (Matter of Featherstone...

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