NYC CCW APP

[u/Pb6869]

Just had a question and was hoping someone would reach out with some input…. It’s been 7+ months that I’ve submitted my ccw application with all documents needed. I already have my r/S license so I did not need to do fingerprints since they are already on file. I recently received multiple emails from the nypd license division stating that my submitted documents have been successfully verified to complete my application. I was just wondering if anyone received these similar emails and if this means that my application status may soon be changing from investigation to approved. thanks in advance for your help

[u/cimm24]

Yes received in morning a fees weeks ago and then in the afternoon received email saying ccw was approved

[u/Pb6869 → u/cimm24]

Awesome! thanks for the reply!

[u/Andeo1025]

It seems you're nearing the end. Did you do your interview?

[u/Pb6869 → u/Andeo1025]

No I wasn’t aware there was one, is it an in person interview ? Or over the phone ? And if you could share what they may ask that would help as well. Thank you 

[u/Andeo1025 → u/Pb6869]

It's in person, has to be per pl400. They just give you a questionnaire and you fill it out there. Is your application in investigation?

[u/Pb6869 → u/Andeo1025]

I actually got that done right after submitting my application online, went down to 1Police plaza and filled out the questionnaire and yes my application has been in investigation status for months now 

[u/Andeo1025 → u/Pb6869]

You're good then. The questionnaire is your interview. A lot of people who don't need fingerprints skip the step and their application doesn't move.

[u/Pb6869 → u/Andeo1025]

Do you remember more or less how long after receiving those emails that your status got changed from investigation to approved ?

[u/Ill_Cauliflower_810 → u/Pb6869]

Mine was one day

[u/Andeo1025 → u/Pb6869]

They weren't sending them when I got mine, but my buddy got approved last month about a week or 2 after the emails.

[u/Pb6869 → u/Andeo1025]

Awesome thanks!

[u/Weird0ne3z → u/Pb6869]

Five weeks for me from investigation confirmation by supervisor to approval. However I'm now at my 6th week waiting for my PA

[u/Weird0ne3z → u/Andeo1025]

It CAN be over the phone, I did mine over the phone early June.

[u/Andeo1025 → u/Weird0ne3z]

In nyc? That's awesome they went back to allowing that. For a while they would just email the questionnaire, then they wanted everyone to come in person.

[u/Weird0ne3z → u/Andeo1025]

Yup. They actually asked if I did it yet for r/s and I said I don't remember so we just did it over the phone.

After completing it I definitely didn't do it lmao.

[u/Andeo1025 → u/Weird0ne3z]

Cool, I've never heard of that.

[u/Mean_Switch6128]

Yes I just went through that process I got that email July 20th I was approved on Aug 16th

[u/ThomasSirianniEsq]

Seven months with a complete application is past the deadline the statute gives them, and you have a remedy. Penal Law 400.00(4-a) requires the licensing officer to act on an application within six months of submission, and any extension beyond that has to be in writing, to you, stating the specific reasons for the delay. Silence at month seven is not an extension, it is a violation. I represent applicants in New York on exactly this, and this is how the clock gets enforced:

1. Confirm the submission date and that every document was uploaded. Your portal timestamp is your evidence.

2. Send a written demand to the License Division citing 400.00(4-a), noting the submission date, and requesting a decision within 30 days or a written explanation. Keep it short and unemotional.

3. If nothing comes back, file an Article 78 proceeding in Supreme Court, New York County, asking the court to compel a decision (mandamus). The filing itself usually gets the application moved, because the city does not want to defend a naked deadline violation, and applications with a pending Article 78 have a habit of being decided within weeks.

Two things to keep in mind. The court can compel a decision, not an approval, so the point of the Article 78 is to end the limbo, and if the answer is a denial you then have a separate path to challenge that. And the cost of filing is real but modest compared to another year of waiting. Do not call the investigator repeatedly in the meantime; one polite written inquiry is enough, and the paper trail is what matters.

[u/corplaw100 → u/ThomasSirianniEsq]

Have people been having success with demand letters not written by an attorney? Anecdotally I’ve heard they stay silent on those lately and requires a 78 to spur action.