N.Y. General City Law § 5: Certain parades and processions forbidden; penalty

§ 5. Certain parades and processions forbidden; penalty. All

processions or parades occupying or marching on any street of any city

to the exclusion or interruption of other citizens in their individual

right and use thereof, excepting the National Guard and the police and

fire departments, and the associations of veteran soldiers, are

forbidden, unless written notice of the object, time and route of such

procession or parade be given by the chief officer thereof, not less

than six hours previous to its forming or marching, to the police

authorities of such city; and such police authorities may designate to

such procession or parade how much of the street in width it can occupy

with especial reference to crowded thoroughfares through which such

procession may move; and, when so designated, the chief officer of such

procession or parade shall be responsible that the designation is

obeyed; and it shall be the duty of the police authorities to furnish

such escort as may be necessary to protect persons and property and

maintain the public peace and order. A person wilfully violating any

provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable

by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding ten

days, or both.