MATTER OF MacPHERSON v. O'NEILL

Index No. 160147/19. Appeal No. 15119. Case No. 2021-01596.

201 A.D.3d 549 (2022)

162 N.Y.S.3d 317

2022 NY Slip Op 00356

In the Matter of Alan C. MacPherson, Appellant, v. James P. O'Neill, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided January 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of John A. Scola, PLLC, New York ( John A. Scola of counsel), for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Daniel Matza-Brown of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Singh, Moulton, Shulman, Higgitt, JJ.


When petitioner retired from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) on June 30, 2009, respondents issued him a retiree identification card that was stamped "no firearms." Furthermore, respondents declined to give petitioner a certificate of service, also known as a "good guy letter," without which petitioner was not authorized to obtain a retired officer handgun license. As a result, when petitioner applied in 2018 to the NYPD License Division for a retired officer's...

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