The Supreme Court Struck Down NYC's Abusive Licensing Procedures, 6-3

NEW YORK STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSN., INC. v. BRUEN

Held: New York's proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public for self-defense.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf

This has ramifications for many other states, including Massachusetts and Rhode Island.