The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 001) 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 were read on this motion to/for ARTICLE 78 (BODY OR OFFICER). DECISION ORDER ON MOTION Upon the foregoing documents, it is ADJUDGED that the petition for relief, pursuant to CPLR Article 78, of petitioner Shaun Gregory White (motion sequence number 001) is denied, and this proceeding is dismissed; and it is further ORDERED that counsel for respondent New York City Department of Finance shall serve a copy of this order along with notice of entry on all parties within ten (10) days. In this special proceeding, petitioner Shaun Gregory White (White) seeks a judgment to overturn an order of the respondent New York City Department of Finance (DOF) as arbitrary and capricious, as well as ancillary declaratory relief (motion sequence number 001). For the following reasons, this petition is denied and this proceeding is dismissed. FACTS On December 24, 2019, a New York Police Department (NYPD) traffic agent issued parking violation summons number 876121771-2 to White as the owner of a black, 2014 Mercedes Benz sedan bearing New York State license plate “PLAINTIF,” which was parked in front on the north side of Abby Place twenty-five feet West of Walbrooke Avenue in the County of Richmond, City and State of New York (the summons). See verified petition, 6; exhibit A. The summons stated as follows: “THE OPERATOR AND OWNER OF THE VEHICLE ARE CHARGED AS FOLLOWS: “In Violation of NYC Traffic Rules, and Section: 4-08 (j) (3) — Improp[e]r D[i]spl[a]y of Reg[istration] St[i]ck[e]r.” Id., exhibit A. The traffic agent noted on the summons that the subject registration “sticker [was] on [the] dash,” and specified a fine amount of $65.00. See verified answer, 39; exhibit 1. On December 24, 2020, White submitted a request to the DOF’s Parking Violations Bureau (PVB) via email for a hearing on the grounds that the summons was facially insufficient. See verified petition, 9; exhibit B. On December 31, 2019, co-respondent PVB administrative law judge Jeremy Deustch (ALJ Deustch) issued a decision that upheld the summons (the ALJ’s decision), and found, in pertinent part, as follows: “It is a violation to display the sticker on the dash. Implicit in the requirement that the vehicle display a current registration sticker is the requirement that the sticker be properly displayed in the vehicle. The sticker must be properly affixed to the windshield in a timely manner.” See verified answer, 41; exhibit 4. On January 2, 2020, White filed an administrative appeal of the ALJ’s decision. Id., 42; exhibit 5. On January 22, 2020, the PVB Appeals Board issued a decision that affirmed the ALJ’s decision, and stated that “we find no reversible error in the decision below” (the Appeals Board order). Id., 43; exhibit 6. White states that he paid the $65.00 fine on September 9, 2020. See verified petition, 15; exhibit E. Nevertheless, still aggrieved, White commenced this Article 78 proceeding on November 23, 2020. See verified petition. After a number of delays occasioned by the Covid-19 national pandemic, the DOF eventually filed an answer on February 1, 2021. See verified answer. This matter is now fully submitted (motion sequence number 001). DISCUSSION A trial court’s role in an Article 78 proceeding is to determine whether, upon the facts before an administrative agency, a challenged agency determination had a rational basis in the record or was arbitrary and capricious. See Matter of Pell v. Board of Educ. of Union Free School Dist. No. 1 of Towns of Scarsdale & Mamaroneck, Westchester County, 34 NY2d 222 (1974); Matter of E.G.A. Assoc. Inc. v. New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, 232 AD2d 302 (1st Dept 1996). A determination is only deemed arbitrary and capricious if it is “without sound basis in reason, and in disregard of the facts.” See Matter of Century Operating Corp. v. Popolizio, 60 NY2d 483, 488 (1983), citing Matter of Pell v. Board of Educ. of Union Free School Dist. No. 1 of Towns of Scarsdale & Mamaroneck, Westchester County, 34 NY2d at 231. However, if there is a rational basis for the administrative determination, there can be no judicial interference. Matter of Pell v. Board of Educ. of Union Free School Dist. No. 1 of Towns of Scarsdale & Mamaroneck, Westchester County, 34 NY2d at 231-232. Here, White argues that the Appeals Board order was arbitrary and capricious because it erroneously upheld the finding in the ALJ’s order regarding the display of registration stickers in vehicle windshields. See verified petition,
