Statute · New York General Municipal Law
N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 99-x — Prohibit symbols of hate
N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 99-x
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York General Municipal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 99-x. Prohibit symbols of hate. 1. A municipality shall not sell or display any symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an educational or historical purpose.
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N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 99-x — Prohibit symbols of hate is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 99-x. Prohibit symbols of hate. 1. A municipality shall not sell or display any symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an educational or historical purpose.
2. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Symbols of hate" shall include, but not be limited to, symbols of white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.
(b) "Municipality" shall mean any county, town, village, city, board of cooperative educational services, other special district, or any office or agency thereof.