“… A disgraced ex-NYPD lieutenant facing sentencing for bribery conspiracy has spilled the beans on the depth of alleged corruption in the department’s License Division … Former Lt. Paul Dean says in papers filed in Manhattan Federal Court Wednesday that a culture of corruption within the division responsible for processing city gun permits was enabled by former Commissioner Bill Bratton, among others …”
The Sullivan Act was designed to do this.
“… Dean details a litany of favors for powerful people by his supervisor, former Deputy Inspector Mike Endall. Dean says that Endall was acting at the behest of Bratton. Among the alleged favors: Endall allowed Donald Trump Sr., Attorney Michael Cohen, Donald Trump Jr, to obtain full carry gun licenses even though the proper credentials allegedly were not in the file because of their generous donations to the Police Athletic League or the NYC Police Foundation …”
Greasing the wheels of justice.
“… Gun licenses were approved for John Catsimatidis, Former SONY CEO Thomas Mottola, Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack, Estee Lauder’s Ronald Lauder, late Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and Sean Hannity despite them allegedly not meeting qualifications …”
Those qualifications being spreading enough cash around to the right people.
“… A gun license for actor Tracy Morgan despite him having a prior felony conviction …”
He’s not the only one.
This would not have happened if New York and especially New York City were right-to-carry. Don’t expect any local media outlets to bring that fact up.
God bless Tammany Hall.