The backlog of pistol license applications seems to be easing. The Register Star has a story about applicants in Columbia County.
As this has been a statewide problem there is no way to know how many are applications are backed up but it has to be in the thousands. I know Sullivan Co. Judge Mike McGuire saw 14 applicants in just one day last week.
I just received my Permit (restricted) in Putnam County, I put my application in at the end of March. Now I wait the 6 months to ask for a hearing to have the restriction removed.