The Sullivan Act has been on the books since the days of Tammany Hall, gives them sole discretion on permits for any reason. The law was penned by one of the worst and most corrupt politicians in NYC history and was designed to keep guns out of the hands of "undesirables" probably meaning Italians during that time period.
Now that's a heck of a standard.
As to the OP title of the thread...every bloody day. What a liberal/commie law and tax hell.
Big Tim Sullivan made the Daley machine look like amateurs. Voter fraud kept him in power for years and he collected from everybody just like the mafia.