Just read a letter from a guy who had to apply & get interviewed at 1 Police Plaza by a cop to get his.
At any rate, NYC's gun laws are evil and unconstitutional. You don't NEED a license for your constitutional rights.
The supreme court is taking on this issue now because of Washing DC. It will be interesting to see what they decide.
I did a post on the DC hearing. At the moment it looks like they'll come down on the 'people' refers to individuals side. They can't really do otherwise. It's established that 'people' refers to individuals in every other amendment in the Bill of Rights so they can't make this one amendment the exception.
If DC's ban is struck down, the gun laws of NYC, Chicago & other places are (more or less) automatically null & void.
It'll be great when EVERY religious Jew in Boro Park can get a Glock 19 but the 70% of schvartzas with felony convictions can't! That will tip the 'strategic' ballance BACK in favour of the law-abiding............much to the annoyance of the leftist NYC Council.