Opinion
8074 Index 101686/15
01-10-2019
In re Leo BOCCIA, Petitioner–Respondent, v. The NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS, et al., Respondents–Appellants.
Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Jason Anton of counsel), for appellants. Klein Slowik PLLC, New York (Peter E. Sayer of counsel), for respondent.
Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Jason Anton of counsel), for appellants.
Klein Slowik PLLC, New York (Peter E. Sayer of counsel), for respondent.
Acosta, P.J., Renwick, Manzanet–Daniels, Webber, Kahn, JJ.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles E. Ramos, J.), entered November 28, 2016, granting the petition seeking, inter alia, to annul the determination of respondent New York City Department of Buildings (DOB), dated July 15, 2015, which denied petitioner's application for a hoisting machine operator class A license, and remanding the matter to DOB for a new determination in accordance with the court's decision, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the petition denied, and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78, dismissed.
Administrative Code of City of N.Y. § 28–405.3.1 requires all applicants for a class A basic hoisting machine operator license to have "at least three years experience within the five years prior to application under the direct and continuing supervision of a licensed hoisting machine operator." Here, the record shows that petitioner's application for the class A license included affidavits showing that from January 2011 to December 2014 he was supervised by a class A license holder while completing class C2 crane set-ups; however, such supervision was unnecessary since petitioner was licensed to operate class C2 cranes independently and without supervision. The affidavits also show that petitioner was supervised by a class A license holder while completing class A crane set-ups but for only one month from October 2, 2014 to October 31, 2014. Accordingly, DOB's decision to deny the application on the ground that petitioner failed to demonstrate that he possessed three years of experience using class A machinery under the supervision of an individual with a class A license was not arbitrary and capricious, and was rationally based (see Matter of Chilson v. Hein, 94 A.D.3d 517, 942 N.Y.S.2d 78 [1st Dept. 2012] ; see also 55 RCNY 11–02[d] ).