N.Y. Public Buildings Law § 147: Municipal officers or employees prohibited from displaying political advertisements on public property

§ 147. 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 the general municipal law,

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 the municipality by which such officer or employee is

employed or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or on any public flag

pole, monument, sign or any other permanent structure, as well as any

other location specified pursuant to section ninety-nine-z of the

general municipal law that such municipal officer or employee interacts

with as part of their official capacity.

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.