Case Name: In the Matter of Harry Greenberg, Respondent, against George P. Monaghan, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1954-11-09
Citations: 284 A.D. 944
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Harry Greenberg, Respondent, against George P. Monaghan, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 284
Pages: 944–944

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Harry Greenberg, Respondent, against George P. Monaghan, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Appellant.

Opinion:
The action of the police commissioner in denying petitioner's application for a taxicab license involved the exercise of a discretionary power. Upon the record before us, we cannot say that the decision of the department head in determining that petitioner was not a proper person to operate a taxicab was arbitrary or capricious; accordingly the determination should not have been disturbed. Order unanimously reversed, with $20 costs and disbursements to the appellant, the petition dismissed and the application denied. Present — Dore, J. P., Cohn, Breitel, Bastow and Botein, JJ.