Case Name: In the Matter of Clinton Campbell, Appellant, v. Raymond Kelly, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-06-07
Citations: 85 A.D.3d 446
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Clinton Campbell, Appellant, v Raymond Kelly, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 85
Pages: 446–446

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Clinton Campbell, Appellant, v Raymond Kelly, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent.
[924 NYS2d 269]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jane S. Solomon, J.), entered May 6, 2010, which denied the petition brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 seeking, inter alia, to annul respondent's determination denying petitioner's application for a handgun license, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Possession of a handgun license is a privilege, not a right, and as such, it is subject to the broad discretion of the Police Commissioner (see Matter of Tolliver v Kelly, 41 AD3d 156, 158 [2007], lv denied 9 NY3d 809 [2007]). Here, respondent's determination was rationally based as it was premised upon petitioner's failure to disclose seven out of eight arrests. Respondent examined the circumstances surrounding those arrests, which were for driving while intoxicated, criminal possession of a weapon, assault and armed robbery, and resulted in multiple convictions, and determined that petitioner was unfit to carry a weapon (see Tolliver at 158; Matter of Papaioannou v Kelly, 14 AD3d 459 [2005]).
We have considered petitioner's remaining arguments and find them unavailing. Concur — Saxe, J.P., DeGrasse, Freedman, Abdus-Salaam and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.