Here is a step by step on how to get your NY State Pistol Permit. 

7. PUBLISHED MAR 10, 2016 AT 3:30 PM (UPDATED MAR 10, 2016)  — Orange County has announced a change to requirements for gun permit applicants. The purchase of a handgun prior to submitting an application for a gun permit is no longer required, effective immediately, according to Sheriff Carl E. DuBois and County Clerk Annie Rabbitt.Formerly, an applicant for a handgun permit was required to tentatively purchase a handgun and then wait for the pistol permit process to conclude before taking possession. Most merchants required the applicants to make substantial down payments and some charged holding fees if the process was not timely for the handguns that were to be purchased. Some stores issued credits instead of a full refund."This is a common sense approach to the gun permit process," said DuBois.The Sheriff's Office launched a training program for gun permit applicants and gun permit holders in 2014.- See more at: http://www.chroniclenewspaper.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20160310/NEWS02/160319991/Gun-permit-changes-at-county#sthash.0A9e8cBT.dpuf