N.Y. General Municipal Law § 99-z: Municipal officers or employees prohibited from displaying political advertisements on public property

§ 99-z. Municipal officers or employees prohibited from displaying

political advertisements on public property. 1. For purposes of this

section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) "Municipal officer or employee" shall have the same meaning as

defined pursuant to section eight hundred of this chapter, except that

it shall also include members of any volunteer fire department which is

part of such municipality.

(b) "Political advertisement" shall mean any poster, sign, flag,

banner, picture, sticker, patch, bumper sticker, article of clothing,

accessory or any other item meant to advertise or promote a certain

individual for political office.

2. A municipal officer or employee, whether paid or unpaid, shall be

prohibited from displaying or causing to be displayed any political

advertisement on or within any public building occupied in the discharge

of official duties by an individual employed or holding office in the

government of such municipality, or on any public flag pole, monument,

sign or any other permanent structure that such municipal officer or

employee interacts with as part of their official capacity, or on any

uniform, accessory or other gear worn or used by a municipal officer or

employee as part of their official capacity, as well as on or within any

municipally owned vehicle, vehicle owned by a volunteer fire company, or

any equipment owned by a municipality or fire department.

3. This section shall not apply when such a political advertisement

appears in a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an

educational or historical purpose, or in instances where the certain

individual who is the subject of such political advertisement is

deceased.