N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 10-120: § 10-120 Protection of city advertisements.

It shall be unlawful for any person to tear down, deface or destroy any notice, handbill, sign, advertisement, poster, sticker or other printed material, put up or posted by, or under the direction of the council, or by or under the direction of any city agency or pursuant to a franchise, concession or revocable consent granted pursuant to chapter fourteen of the charter.